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

 Today is Friday  April 22, 2005.
 This is the 112nd day of the year, there are 253 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1924 James Bernard Longley             61st Governor of Maine
    In 1744 James Sullivan                     6th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1806 Moody Currier                      43rd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1817 Andrew Gregg Curtin                15th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1856 Thomas Mitchell Campbell           25th Governor of Texas
    In 1818 Cadwallader Colden Washburn        11th Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1451 Isabella of Castile, patron of Columbus
    In 1690 John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-4
    In 1707 Henry Fielding, novelist (Tom Jones)
    In 1724 Immanuel Kant, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
    In 1799 Jean Poiseuille, physician, physiologist
    In 1854 Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgian international lawyer (Nobel 1913)
    In 1870 Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Bolshevik
    In 1876 O.E. R”lvaag, Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth)
    In 1876 Robert B r ny, Swedish otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel 1914)
    In 1904 J Robert Oppenheimer, headed Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
    In 1908 Eddie Albert, actor (Green Acres)
    In 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
    In 1926 Charolette Rae
    In 1937 Jack Nicholson, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
    In 1938 Glen Campbell
    In 19?? Lauri Hendler

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 3, Day 7
    In 1993 Gus G Spanos,             Tulsa Police Officer Killed on Duty
    17 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    17 Days - Mother's Day
    34 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    53 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    54 Days - Father's Day
    60 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    73 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    189 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 307 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 664 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 1012 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1399 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    30 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
     Launch Delay until May 22nd
    81 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:07 AM 8:50 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:42 AM 8:04 PM
    Washington D.C. USA - Sunrise/Set   6:22 AM 7:52 PM
    Arbor Day
    Earth Day
    Feast of SS Soter, pope (?166-175) & Caius, pope (283-96), martyr
    Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
    In 1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil
    In 1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
    In 1529 Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere in Treaty of Saragos
    In 1864 US Congress authorized "In God We Trust" on coinage
    In 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were Sooner
    In 1898 1st Spanish-American War action:  USS Nashville, took enemy ship
    In 1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950
    In 1915 1st use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I
    In 1915 Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
    In 1930 meeting in London, US, Britain & Japan agree to reduce naval forc
    In 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
    In 1959 Yankee White Ford strikes out 15 Senators, & win 1-0 in 14 inning
    In 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, NY) starts
    In 1970 1st Earth Day
    In 1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
    In 1971 Soyuz 10 is launched
    In 1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4 - Quarter Finals- Penguins hold 3-2 lead
    In 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
    In 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Div Finals- Isles win series 4-2
    In 1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
    In 1986 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for second month in a row

 Thought for the day...
    In 1946 Harlan Fiske Stone            12th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1946 Harlan Fiske Stone             65th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1932 J. Warren Keifer              34th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1837 David Brydie Mitchell      19th & 21st Governor of Georgia
    In 1866 Henry Watkins Allen               18th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1943 Luren Dudley Dickinson             37th Governor of Michigan
    In 1903 Alexander Ramsey                    2nd Governor of Minnesota
    In 1986 Charles Clifton Finch              56th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1870 Austin Augustus King               10th Governor of Missouri
    In 1899 Frederick Smyth                    32nd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1934 Nahum Josiah Batchelder            52nd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1872 George Franklin Fort               23rd Governor of New Jersey
    In 1994 Richard M Nixon          Died   37th US President
    In 1994 Richard M Nixon          Died   36th Vice President (US)
    Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but
    wish we didn't.

 And remember...
    ITS FRIDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2011!
     19% of all U.S. Space Shuttle launches have occurred on Fridays
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "MINNESOTA" State Quarter APR 4TH!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in May 22, 2005!
    Apr 23 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Buchanan       (US)
    Apr 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Ulysses S Grant      (US)
    Apr 28 - Statehood Day for Maryland
    Apr 28 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Monroe         (US)
    Apr 30 - Statehood Day for Louisiana
    May 08 - Birthdate for   Pres. Harry S Truman       (US)
    May 11 - Statehood Day for Minnesota

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