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Ärende: Today's History - Mar 24
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 TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Thursday  March 24, 2005.
 This is the 83rd day of the year, there are 282 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1828 Horace Gray                   40th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1863 William Sherman Jennings          17th Governor of Florida
    In 1843 James Atwell Mount                24th Governor of Indiana
    In 1782 William Owsley                    16th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1898 Clinton Amos Clauson              58th Governor of Maine
    In 1846 George Theodore Werts              37th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1902 Thomas E. Dewey                    51st Governor of New York
    In 1725 Samuel Ashe                         9th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1760 Jesse Franklin                     20th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1851 James Stephen Hogg                 21st Governor of Texas
    In 1947 Christine Gregoire       *CURRENT* 22nd Governor of Washington
    In 1874 Harry Houdini, escape artist extraordinaire
    In 1930 Steve McQueen, actor, "Bullitt"

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 12, Day 6
    In 1937 Ed W Von Holten           Tulsa Police Officer Killed on Duty
    10 Days - Daylight Savings Time
    3 Days - Easter
    46 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    46 Days - Mother's Day
    63 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    82 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    83 Days - Father's Day
    89 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    In 2005 336 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 1041 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1428 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    52 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
    110 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
    In 1992 ATLANTIS,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:21 AM 6:52 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:22 AM 6:39 PM
    In 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act
    In 1882 German Robert Koch discovers bacillus, cause of Tuberculosis.
    In 1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB
    In 1934 FDR grants future independence to Philippines
    In 1955 Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway.
    In 1965 US Ranger 9 strikes moon 10 miles NE of crater Alphonsus
    In 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
    In 1976 Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's miltitary.
    In 1986 Libya attacks US forces in Gulf of Sidra.  US 2, Libya 0.
    In 1989 Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound Alaska causing
            America's largest oil spill.  Double hulls anyone?

 Thought for the day...
    In 1886 Ward Hunt                     37th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1955 Paul Vories McNutt                34th Governor of Indiana
    In 1935 John Whitnah Leedy                14th Governor of Kansas
    In 1946 Charles Francis Hurley             57th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1888 John Thompson Hoffman              26th Governor of New York
    In 1899 Francis Harrison Pierpoint         39th Governor of Virginia
    If you treat a sick child like an adult and a sick adult like
    child, everything usually works out pretty well.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2011!
     29% of all U.S. Space Shuttle launches have occurred on Thursday
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Minnesota
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Nebraska
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Washington
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  New Mexico
    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!
    Mar 28 - Death of President Dwight D Eisenhower
    Mar 29 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Tyler           (US)
    Apr 04 - Death of President William Henry Harrison
    Apr 12 - Death of President Franklin D Roosevelt
    Apr 13 - Birthdate for   Pres. Thomas Jefferson     (US)
    Apr 15 - Death of President Abraham Lincoln
    Apr 22 - Death of President Richard M Nixon
    Apr 23 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Buchanan       (US)

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