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

 Today is Wednesday  June 8, 2005.
 This is the 159th day of the year, there are 206 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1788 Charles Anderson Wickliffe        14th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1842 John Quincy Adams Brackett         39th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1862 David Ogden Watkins                40th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1830 Henry Martyn Hoyt                  18th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1717 John Collins                       17th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1834 Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee             43rd Governor of Vermont
    In  570 Mohammed, prophet of Islam
    In 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, astronomer
    In 1810 Robert Schumann, German composer.
    In 1829 Sir John Everett Millais, English painter.
    In 1869 Frank Lloyd Wright, master builder
    In 1916 Francis Crick, codiscoverer of DNA structure, (Nobel 1962)
    In 1917 Byron "Whizzer" White, football star, U.S. Supreme Court justice.
    In 1918 Robert Preston, actor (The Music Man, Victor Victoria)

 On this day...
    103
    2nd Quarter, Week 10, Day 5
    In 1920 W.C. Meachem              Tulsa Police Detective Killed on Duty
    In 1974 Tornadoes hit parts of Oklahoma killing 22
    6 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
     11 Days - Father's Day
    13 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    26 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    87 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    95 Days - U.S. Patriot Day - Sept 11th
    142 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 260 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 617 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 965 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1352 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    In 2023 28000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    In 1967 USS LIBERTY ATTACKED
    35 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:47 AM 10:11 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:07 AM 8:40 PM
    In 1786 First commercially made ice cream is sold in New York.
    In 1869 Ives McGaffey patents his vacuum cleaner.
    In 1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's in 1604, is discovered
    In 1940 Discovery of element 93 "Neptunium"  is announced.
    In 1953 Supreme Court forbids segregated lunch counters in Washington DC.
    In 1975 Soviets launch Venera 9 to Venus
    In 1979 The Source, first public computer info. service, goes online.
    In 2004 Transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1884 Noah Haynes Swayne            33th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1895 Lewis Eliphalet Parsons           19th Governor of Alabama
    In 1984 Ernest William McFarland          14th Governor of Arizona
    In 1947 H. Clarence Baldrige              14th Governor of Idaho
    In 2000 Norman Arthur Erbe                35th Governor of Iowa
    In 1861 Nathan Cutler                      5th Governor of Maine
    In 1946 John Lewis Bates                   44th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1817 Samuel H. Huntington                3rd Governor of Ohio
    In 1845 Andrew Jackson           Died   7th US President
    One family builds a wall, two families enjoy it.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2011!
     13% of all U.S. Space Shuttle launches have occurred on Wednesda
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "OREGON" State Quarter JUN 05TH!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch on July 13, 2005!
    Jun 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. George H W Bush      (US) 41
    Jun 15 - Death of President James K Polk
    Jun 15 - Statehood Day for Arkansas
    Jun 20 - Statehood Day for West Virginia
    Jun 21 - Statehood Day for New Hampshire
    Jun 24 - Death of Grover Cleveland
    Jun 25 - Statehood Day for Virginia
    Jun 28 - Death of President James Madison
    Jul 03 - Statehood Day for Idaho
    Jul 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Calvin Coolidge      (US) 30
    Jul 04 - Death of President John Adams
    Jul 04 - Death of President Thomas Jefferson
    Jul 04 - Death of President James Monroe
    Jul 06 - Birthdate for   Pres. George W Bush

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