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

 Today is Sunday  April 17, 2005.
 This is the 107th day of the year, there are 258 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1741 Samuel Chase                   8th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1849 William Rufus Day              52nd U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1859 Willis Van Devanter            56th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1810 Joseph Albert Wright              10th Governor of Indiana
    In 1770 Mahlon Dickerson                   12th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1896 W. Kerr Scott                      61st Governor of North Carolin
    In 1915 Joseph Jacob Foss                  20th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1743 John Page                          11th Governor of Virginia
    In 1891 Monrad Charles Wallgren            13th Governor of Washington
    In 1586 John Ford, English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)
    In 1741 Samuel Chase, signed Decl of Ind, judge
    In 1837 John Pierpont Morgan, financed US
    In 1876 Ian Hay, Scottish novelist, playwright
    In 1894 Nikita S Khrushchev, Soviet leader (1953-64)
    In 1897 Thornton Wilder, American novelist, playwright (Our Town)
    In 1911 Mikhail Botvinnik of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63)
    In 1916 Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's 1st woman PM (Sri Lanka)
    In 1923 Harry Reasoner, newscaster (CBS)
    In 1930 Genevieve
    In 1933 Monique Van Vooren, Brussels Belgium
    In 1934 Rock & Roll producer Don Kirshner, invented bubblegum music
    In 1951 Olivia Hussey, Buenos Aires

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 3, Day 2
    22 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    22 Days - Mother's Day
    39 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    58 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    59 Days - Father's Day
    65 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    78 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    194 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 312 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 669 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 1017 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1404 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    28 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
    86 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
    In 1967 SURVEYOR 3, US SPACE ROCKET
    In 1998 COLUMBIA,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:19 AM 8:40 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:48 AM 7:59 PM
    Washington D.C. USA - Sunrise/Set   6:29 AM 7:47 PM
    Feast of St Anicetus, pope (150-66), martyr
    In 1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find the Indies
    In 1524 New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano
    In 1793 Battle of Warsaw
    In 1853 US Marine Hospital at Presidio established
    In 1861 Virginia becomes 8th state to secede from US
    In 1869 1st pro baseball games - Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15
    In 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95
    In 1941 Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
    In 1946 France grants Syria independence (Natl Day)
    In 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' HR in Wash DC
    In 1961 US Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba fails
    In 1967 Surveyor 3 launched; makes soft landing on moon April 20
    In 1970 Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
    In 1970 Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney"
    In 1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Nat Day)
    In 1975 Penguins 6-Isles 4 - Quarter Finals- Penguins hold 3-0 lead
    In 1981 Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
    In 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
    In 1983 Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rang
            Rangers 7-Isles 6 - Patrick Div Finals- Isles hold 2-1 lead

 Thought for the day...
    In 1867 John Selden Roane                  6th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1960 Albin Walter Norblad               19th Governor of Oregon
    In 1846 James Fenner         21st & 26th & 31st Governor of Rhode Island
    If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of
    incompetence already.

 And remember...
    ITS SUNDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2011!
     11% of all U.S. Space Shuttle launches have occurred on Sundays
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in May 15, 2005!
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in July\August 2005!
    Apr 22 - Death of President Richard M Nixon
    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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