[Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Happy New Year.....today(OS9)

George's Coco Address yahoo at dvdplayersonly.com
Mon Jan 1 23:36:27 EST 2007


This is much more fun to see on a coco on an 80 column display vs. an email.

 Happy NEW Year!!

OS9[T2]:today
Today is Monday, January 01st.
It is the 1st day of 2007.
There are 364 days left in the year.
There are 358 shopping days left until Christmas.

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     THIS MONTH

      HUMAN RESOURCES MONTH //  NATIONAL CAREERS IN COSMETOLOGY MONTH
      MARCH OF DIMES BIRTH DEFECTS PREVENTION MONTH // NAT'L SOUP MONTH
      NATIONAL EYE HEALTH CARE MONTH // NATIONAL FIBER FOCUS MONTH
      NAT'L HOBBY MONTH // NAT'L OATMEAL MONTH // NAT'L PRUNE BREAKFAST
      NAT'L VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONOR MONTH / THE GREAT AMERICAN PIZZA BAKE
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*         Birthdays
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     Musician  Rick Allen
     Bill Anderson  Singer
     Barbara Bosson, Betsy Palmer
     Gary Player  golfer
     Fernando Valenzuela  Pitcher
1735 Paul Revere
1909 Barry Goldwater, Former Senator From Arizona
1909 Dana Andrews, Actor
1919 Carole Landis
1919 J. D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye'.
1922 Ernest Hollings, Senator
* Events
     Independence Day, celebrated in Haiti and Sudan
1804 Haiti gains it's independence
1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln.
1902 1st Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena, California.
1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles)
1913 Notre Dame introduced the forward pass.Quarterback Gus Dorais
     completed 17 of 31 passes to receiver Knute Rockne to defeat
     a surprised Army team 35 to 13.
1914 19-year-old New York debutanta Mary Jacob invented the modern
     soft bra by having her maid sew two handkerchiefs together.
     She sold her rights to the multi-million dollar creation for
     The start of a new year... Enjoy the bowl games.
1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison.
1954 The Rose and Cotton Bowl are the first sport colorcasts
1956 Sudan gains it's independence
1958 European Economic Community (EEC) starts operation.
1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
1984 AT & T broken up into 8 companies.
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OS9[T2]:


 I need to add "Happy NEW Year" to that file. Yes?

George 




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