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from: Gary Baumgartner
date: 2005-05-17 08:47:34
subject: Today`s History - May 17

TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Tuesday  May 17, 2005.
 This is the 137th day of the year, there are 228 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1884 Sidney Preston Osborn             11th Governor of Arizona
    In 1812 Elias Nelson Conway                7th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1898 Richard W. Leche                  39th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1759 John Francis Mercer               12th Governor of Maryland
    In 1860 Austin Lane Crothers              51st Governor of Maryland
    In 1941 Earl Benjamin Nelson               40th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1791 Silas Hemenway Jennison            16th Governor of Vermont
    In 1866 Erik Satie, composer

 On this day...
    81
    2nd Quarter, Week 7, Day 4
    In 1999 U.S. Currency State Quarter Released  New Jersey
    13 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    28 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
     33 Days - Father's Day
    35 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    48 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    164 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 282 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 639 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 987 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1374 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    57 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  5:14 AM 9:39 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:16 AM 8:25 PM
    Norwegian Independence Day
    In 1792 24 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange
    In 1804 Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
    In 1954 Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education,
            overthrowing the principle of 'separate but equal'.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1829 John Jay                       1st U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1955 Owen Josephus Roberts          66th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1895 Peter Hardeman Burnett             1st Governor of California
    In 1936 Lennington Small                  28th Governor of Illinois
    In 1829 John Jay                            2nd Governor of New York
    In 1819 William Hawkins                    17th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1890 Elisha Dyer                        39th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1875 John Breckinridge        Died   14th Vice President (US)
    If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

 And remember...
    ITS TUESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2011!
     10% of all U.S. Space Shuttle launches have occurred on Tuesdays
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "MINNESOTA" State Quarter APR 4TH!
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Oregon
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Colorado
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Idaho
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Arizona
    FUJITA TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE
    CATEGORY F0 - GALE TORNADO:         WIND SPEED 40 - 72 MPH
    CATEGORY F1 - MODERATE TORNADO:     WIND SPEED 73 - 112 MPH
    CATEGORY F2 - SIGNIFICANT TORNADO:  WIND SPEED 113 - 157 MPH
    CATEGORY F3 - SEVERE TORNADO:       WIND SPEED 158 - 206 MPH
    CATEGORY F4 - DEVASTATING TORNADO:  WIND SPEED 207 - 260 MPH
    CATEGORY F5 - INCREDIBLE TORNADO:   WIND SPEED 261 - 318 MPH
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch on July 13, 2005!
    May 23 - Statehood Day for South Carolina
    May 29 - Birthdate for   Pres. John F Kennedy       (US) 35
    May 29 - Statehood Day for Rhode Island
    May 29 - Statehood Day for Wisconsin
    Jun 01 - Statehood Day for Kentucky
    Jun 01 - Statehood Day for Tennessee
    Jun 01 - Death of President James Buchanan
    Jun 03 - Birthdate for   Pres. Jefferson Davis      (CS) 01
    Jun 08 - Death of President Andrew Jackson
    Jun 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. George H W Bush      (US) 41
    Jun 15 - Death of President James K Polk
    Jun 15 - Statehood Day for Arkansas

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