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Ärende: Today's History - Apr 26
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 TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Tuesday  April 26, 2005.
 This is the 116th day of the year, there are 249 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1826 William Hugh Smith                21st Governor of Alabama
    In 1860 Charles Henderson                 38th Governor of Alabama
    In 1781 Charles Hobby Pond                21st Governor of Connecticut
    In 1896 Edward John Thye                   26th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1874 Arthur Gustav Sorlie               14th Governor of North Dakota
    In 1711 David Hume, English empiricists
    In 1785 John James Audubon, bird watcher, artist
    In 1822 Frederick L Olmsted, landscape architect, writer
    In 1875 Syngman Rhee South Korean statesman
    In 1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR astronomer
    In 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher (Tractatus)
    In 1893 Anita Loos, author
    In 1895 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy Fuerher, only one at Spandau prison
    In 1898 Vincente Aleixandre, Spanish writer (Nobel 1977)
    In 1900 Charles Richter, seismologist measures earthquakes
    In 1906 Gracie Allen
    In 1914 Bernard Malamud, American novelist (Fixer, The Natural)
    In 1916 Morris L West, Australian novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)
    In 1917 I.M. Pei, architect
    In 1936 Carol Burnett, comedian, actress San Antonio Tx
    In 1942 Bobby Rydell, singer, Phila
    In 1943 Gary Wright, dream weaver
    In 1948 Stevie Nicks, Calif of Fleetwood Mac
    In 1966 Andrea Temesvari, tennis player

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 4, Day 4
    13 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    12 Days - Mother's Day
    34 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    49 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
     54 Days - Father's Day
    56 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    69 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    185 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 303 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 660 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 1008 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1395 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    In 1993 COLUMBIA,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED   FLIGHT: 57  VEHICLE: 1
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  5:58 AM 8:58 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:37 AM 8:07 PM
    Washington D.C. USA - Sunrise/Set   6:16 AM 7:56 PM
    Feast of SS Cletus, pope (76-88) and Marcellinus, pope (296-304)
    Stockholders Meeting, Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
    In 1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici
    In 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, V
    In 1777 16 year old Sybil Ludington rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathe
            militia to fight British in Danbury
    In 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
    In 1865 John Wilkes Booth is killed
    In 1887 Huntsville Electric Company established to sell electricity
    In 1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
    In 1920 H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "Great Debate" on nature of nebulae
    In 1937 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain
    In 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down
    In 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
    In 1961 Roger Maris' 1st of 61 homers that year
    In 1962 US/UK launched Ariel; 1st Intl payload
    In 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania (Natl Day)
    In 1968 US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device
    In 1971 SF Lightship replaced by automatic buoy
    In 1974 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for
            Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
    In 1975 Penguins 0-Isles 1 - Quarter Finals- Isles win series 4-3
    In 1982 Argentina surrender to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
    In 1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5 - Wales Conf Championship- Isles hold 1-0 lead
    In 1983 Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1200 for 1st time
    In 1986 Chernobyl world's worst nuclear power plant disaster

 Thought for the day...
    In 1869 Henry Dutton                      22nd Governor of Connecticut
    In 1856 George Michael Troup              25th Governor of Georgia
    In 1959 Charles Rendell Mabey               5th Governor of Utah
    Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

 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!
    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 in July 2005!
    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
    May 23 - Statehood Day for South Carolina

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