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Ärende: Today's History - Apr 21
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 TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Thursday  April 21, 2005.
 This is the 111st day of the year, there are 254 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1809 Robert M. T. Hunter           18th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1905 Edmund Gerald Brown, Sr.          32nd Governor of California
    In 1935 Thomas Howard Kean                 65th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1941 David Lyle Boren                   21st Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1801 Robert Francis Withers Allston     39th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1816 Charlotte Bront‰, English novelist (Jane Eyre)
    In 1837 Fredrik Bajer, Danish politican, feminist, pacifist (Nobel 1908)
    In 1838 John Muir, naturalist
    In 1849 Oskar Hertwig, German embryologist, discovered fertilization
    In 1898 Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
    In 1909 Rollo May, psychologist
    In 1916 Anthony Quinn, actor (Zorba the Greek)
    In 1926 Elizabeth II, queen of England (1952-  )
    In 1930 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress
    In 1932 Elaine May, Phila

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 3, Day 6
    18 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    18 Days - Mother's Day
    35 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    54 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    55 Days - Father's Day
    61 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    74 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    190 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 308 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 665 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 1013 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1400 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    24 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
    82 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:09 AM 8:48 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:43 AM 8:03 PM
    Washington D.C. USA - Sunrise/Set   6:23 AM 7:51 PM
    Feast of St Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, confessor, doctor
    Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
    In  753 BC--City of Rome founded
    In 1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
    In 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st U S Vice President
    In 1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
    In 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexi
    In 1855 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Il-Davenport I
    In 1857 A Douglas patents Bustle
    In 1862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
    In 1892 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
    In 1898 Spanish American war bewgins
    In 1908 Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
    In 1910 Halley's Comet passes last perihelion at distance of 54.6 million
    In 1914 US marines occupy Veracruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
    In 1918 "Red" Baron, Manfred von Richtofen, killed in WW I
    In 1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It", on CBS Radio
    In 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a r
    In 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Stalin's daughter) defected in NYC
    In 1972 John Young, Charles Duke explore Moon on Apollo XVI
    In 1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observer 4 (Copernicus) is launched
    In 1975 Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnamese President, resigns
    In 1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
    In 1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beat Blue Jay 8-6
    In 1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2377 performances
    In 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched
    In 1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
    In 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2 - Patrick Div Finals- Flyers hold 2-0 lead

 Thought for the day...
    In 1844 Henry Baldwin                 18th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1909 George Leavens Lilley             47th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1855 Samuel Sprigg                     21st Governor of Maryland
    In 1879 John Adams Dix                     27th Governor of New York
    In 1836 Hutchins Gordon Burton             22nd Governor of North Carolin
    In 1990 Frank John Lausche          55th & 57th Governor of Ohio
    In 1894 James Webb Throckmorton            13th Governor of Texas
    In 1929 William Spry                        3rd Governor of Utah
    In 1909 Edward P. Salomon                   8th Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1940 Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr.           26th Governor of Wisconsin
    Nothing is good in moderation.  You cannot know good in any-
    thing until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.

 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
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "MINNESOTA" State Quarter APR 4TH!
    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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