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Ärende: Today's History - Mar 02
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 TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Thursday  March 2, 2006.
 This is the 62nd day of the year, there are 304 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1836 Henry Billings Brown           45th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1819 Preston Hopkins Leslie            26th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1816 Alexander Hamilton Bullock         28th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1769 De Witt Clinton                     7th & 9th Governor of New Yor
    In 1793 Samuel Houston                      7th Governor of Tennessee
    In 1793 Samuel Houston                      7th Governor of Texas

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 9, Day 5
    15 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    19 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    35 Days - Daylight Savings Time
    25 Days - Easter
    68 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    67 Days - Mother's Day
    89 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    In 2006 350 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2006 700 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2006 1085 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    In 2006 1456 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2010
    In 2049 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2055 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2060 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    69 DAYS - U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery launch
    In 1995 ENDEAVOUR,  US SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCHED   FLIGHT: 70  VEHICLE: 7
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  7:17 AM 6:07 PM
    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Sunrise/set  6:25 AM 6:00 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:53 AM 6:20 PM
    In 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico.
    In 1861 Congress creates the Territory of Nevada.
    In 1917 Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted.
    In 1929 US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals created by US Congress.
    In 1949 First automatic street light installed. (In New Milford, CT)
    In 1958 First surface crossing of the Antarctic continent ends.
    In 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby.
    In 1974 First Class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents.
    In 1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6

 Thought for the day...
    In 1921 James Beauchamp Clark         41st U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1890 James Edward English       27th & 29th Governor of Connecticut
    In 2001 William Grant Stratton            34th Governor of Illinois
    In 1900 John Marshall Stone                31st & 33rd Governor of Missis
    In 1959 Adam McMullen                      24th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1893 Richard Moore Bishop               34th Governor of Ohio
    The only rose without thorns is friendship.

 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 "Nevada" State Quarter JAN 31ST!
    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
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY EARLIEST DATE FOR LAUNCH IS MAY 10,
            U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT 117   32ND LAUNCH FOR DISCOVERY
    Mar 03 - Statehood Day for Florida
    Mar 04 - Statehood Day for Vermont
    Mar 08 - Death of President Millard Fillmore
    Mar 08 - Death of President William H Taft
    Mar 13 - Death of President Benjamin Harrison
    Mar 15 - Statehood Day for Maine
    Mar 15 - Birthdate for   Pres. Andrew Jackson       (US)
    Mar 16 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Madison        (US)
    Mar 18 - Birthdate for   Pres. Grover Cleveland     (US)
    Mar 28 - Death of President Dwight D Eisenhower
    Mar 29 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Tyler           (US)

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