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    By Bruce T. Goldman
    2180 Bolton St.
    Bronx, NY 10462-1332
    (718) 823-9873

    Internet Address = Bruce.Goldman@Cdreams.Com

    Aug-21-1993

    Version 9.08 is  released on Aug 21, 1993, it adds or corrects over
    15,600 items.  The data has increased  to over 5 megs.  Again special
    thanks to our  correspondent  in  Amsterdam,  John Brouwer de Koning.
    Also thanks to a program called BABYLON 3.0, which does a pretty good
    job of translating Dutch to English.   There are now more than 78,000
    items in the database.  See you in 9.09!
    
    Nov-05-1992
    Well, I did a check and noticed I screwed up TODAY.APR  the same  way
    I screwed up TODAY.MAY (see Next paragraph).   So I  needed to update
    DAY907-2.ZIP to DAY907a2.ZIP.  So besides getting a fixed and updated
    TODAY.APR you also get as a bonus updated TODAY.MAR.  Hopefully these
    are all he fixes till the next major release.
    
    Oct-31-1992
    Version 9.07a updates  only  DAY907-3.ZIP to  DAY907a3.ZIP.  It seems
    that I sent out TODAY.MAY  with all the edit marks left in.   As long
    as I had to clean it,  might as well  add whatever new  data came in.
    . . . and since the ZIP is bundled with TODAY.JUN, it too was updated
    Major  additions  are  from CIVWAR.ZIP  by Philip Scruggs &  from  my
    niece Alyse Cutler. These will be more apparent when DAY 9.08 appears
    in mid 1993 (or whenever)

    Although this version has come out 6 months after the last one, as of
    now  I .envision a .while for .the  next one.  .I will  .continue .to
    compile .data .and ask for your .help in .providing it, at the .above
    address and phone number.   

    CAUTION:  If  .using TODAY.EXE .the files will .need to be edited, .as
    certain sequences  are only available in NEWDAYPC.EXE.  I have bundled
    this with both  TODAY35.ZIP  and NEWDAY45.ZIP, the last known programs
    made available.   I am aware of a bug in NEWDAY 4.5.   The "Y"  option
    doesn't perform as advertised (it's a bit buggy).

    The data contained here is in straight ascii.  It is historical and 
    educational and although the amount of hours I have worked at 
    compiling this is uncountable, I do NOT ask/beg for any renumeration.  
    Use and enjoy it! 

    The data now takes about 4.4 meg!

    To display the data, you will either need "TODAY" a program by Patrick 
    Kincaid, or my preference "NEWDAYPC" by Mike Ratledge.  They are both 
    available via shareware.  I have even seen some lesser products 
    available.  If you don't have these programs, you can still enjoy it, 
    through a word processor.

    Version 9.07 is  released on Oct  25, 1992, it adds or corrects over
    18,000 items.  Major import comes from John  T  S  Brouwer de Koning
    who keeps a Dutch version.  He also sent me a  list of  sci-fi authors
    which is implemented in this version.  I have begun to  incorporate  3
    new features.  Highest and lowest temperatures in NYC (NY Daily News),
    Day into the year and  days left  (based on standard years, it will be
    okay from Jan 1, 1993 - Dec 31, 1995).   The other new feature is  the
    numerology #.  This is based by adding the numbers  in the date to get
    a single digit  (ie  0928 Sept 28 equals  9/28  which is  9+2+8=19; 19
    becomes 1+9 = 10; 10 becomes 1+0=1).  Also  included in this  go round
    are dates that TV stations begin transmitting.   Missing this time  is
    my  collabrator  Robert  Braunwart,  who,  last  I heard,  moved  from
    Washington to Mexico.   I  think he is no  longer innterested in  this
    project.  Believe  it or  not I still  have a ton  of his  stuff (that
    should have been included  in 9.04) still to include.  Talk of growing
    by leaps and bounds, the data  is now past  67,000  items (about 200 a
    day).

    Version 9.06 is released on April 17, 1992, it adds or corrects over 
    2,500 items.  Major import came from Mike Ratledge's disaster data
    and Jerry Lee's black history data.  The space program has been 
    update to reflect all US manned missions including birth dates of
    the new 1992 crop of astronauts.  The data has gone beyond 50,000.
    There is DAY906-U.ZIP, which contains everything (except word
    processor) to up date, from 9.05 with just some editing from yourself.

    Version 9.05 released March 20, 1992 adds or corrects over 11,000
    items. I still have Braunwart's data to go through.  Major additions
    came from "Complete Directory to Prime Time TV Stars."  There are
    nearly 50,000 items in the database. 

    Version 9.04 released March 30, 1991 - A tragic thing happened on my 
    way to version 9.04.  In December of 1989, I started adding several 
    thousands (tens of thousands) of changes and additions Many thanks to 
    my collabarator Robert Braunwart.  I then purchased a spiffy new 386 
    machine with a spacious 85 meg hard SCSI Segate drive.  Around April 
    or so, I had completed editing and compiling all of version 9.04, save 
    December. I was more than 3/4 done with December, and then it 
    happened.  DOS said "NO SCSI DRIVE FOUND."  After making attempt after 
    attempt to revive the (of course not backed up data) drive, all hope 
    was lose.  I did get a replacement drive, but it took the heart out of 
    doing the compilation.  Any way I got my dander back and viola, added 
    some 9,000 new entries (or corrections) and version 9.04 is ready.  In 
    an effort to get this out sometime, I have not gone through much of 
    Robert Braunwarts additional data.  (Just Jan & Feb).  I am sure since 
    then he has added even more data.  I will get to it, I promise! 

    Version 9.03 released Nov 6, 1989 adds or corrects over 7,500 items.  
    Including almost every Pro Hockey Stanley Cup final game, Pro Football 
    and NBA championship contests.  Many astronaut birthdays have been 
    added too. Most of the 7,500 items are additional information to 
    previously existing items. 

    Version 9.02 became available on May 25th it contained over 1,100 
    changes.  The data set now includes almost all major league baseball 
    no-hitters since 1900 and the final games of every baseball World 
    Series. 

    DAY 9.00 was released on Feb. 19, 1989, and in less than 45 days, 
    version 9.01 & 9.01a were released. With almost 2500 changes (1900 
    additions, 200 deletions and 400 changes).   
    
    UPDATE explains how to update V9.05 to V9.06.
    
         A BIT OF HISTORY
    In July, 1986, Patrick Kincaid released for public usage a program 
    called Today.  It's based on a mainframe program designed by Mike 
    Butler. Along with the master program he had data files for each month.  
    Each monthly data file was approximately 15K in length. After a few 
    months I had added a lot of new data and released my update of the 
    Today monthly files.  Eventually, Robert Braunwart, put out his updates 
    and approached me on a calibration of our work.  Despite, 
    abbreviations and other attempts at shortening the data, the 12 monthly 
    files of over 30,000 items has swelled to almost 2 megs. 
    
    Mike Ratledge, like myself and many others have gotten much enjoyment 
    out of this program, but found some short comings.  TODAY would not 
    read a file over 50K and would only display about the first 50 finds 
    for a date.  He also wanted it to run on a BBS (T-Comm).  So he rewrote 
    the program in turbo-pascal (TODAY.EXE was written in C). 
    
    As of this writing, Ratledge's latest version 4.5 decidedly beats 
    Kincaid's latest version 2.3 for features. (now 3.5)
    
    I believe NEWDAY duplicates every feature of TODAY, but also allows for 
    randomness, more categories, more color, remark statements, date 
    scanning and date aging. 
    
    In the data files you will find "(BG)," on some occasions. Although 
    coincidentally those are my initials, they are actual those of William 
    Baring-Gould.  Les Moskowitz who compiled Sherlock Holmes' dates used 
    (BG) to indicate that those dates were proposed by Baring-Gould.  
    Baring-Gould is a Sherlock Holmes' authority and his dates are reckoned 
    as opposed to being in the actual text. 
    
         MEET MY COLLABORATOR
    Robert Braunwart
    4132-11th NE #6
    Seattle Washington 98105
    Robert uses PC FILE III, to maintain his listings. Robert has included 
    category columns so that speciality lists could be made. You may want 
    to contact him concerning that. 
    
         HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT?
    As to data correction, it is sometimes difficult to verify a specific 
    date when two equally good sources have different information.  One 
    problem arises in the change of calendars from Julian to Gregorian and 
    the International dateline does present a problem.  It may be a 
    different day in California than France. (Fortunately in the future we 
    should have no problem - Star date 8801, captain).  I read in one 
    particularly enjoyable source (don't recall the title) that contained 
    celebrities birthdays, that whenever a doubt arose they took the 
    earliest date.  It is rare that a person would make themselves older. 
    ...and when in doubt blame it on typos. 
    
         ...AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
    This is Noncents-ware.  You can modify, spindle, fold, erase or do just 
    about anything you want to these files, but if you give them to anyone, 
    document your changes.  If you have any changes, additions, deletions, 
    suggestions or whatever I would like to hear about them.  I can be 
    reached at the above address and many of the major PC BBS in 212, and 
    718 area code.
    
    
    I plan to continue updating,  I will include deletions, additions
    and changes. 
    
    The updates will use the following filespec "DAY909.ZIP" for version 
    9.09, "DAY910.ZIP" for version 9.10.  This should allow us to continue 
    with version 9 for many years! 
    
         SPECIAL THANKS
    To Tom Gallagher, who was able to identify and clarify many names.
    My neice and nephews Alyse, Marc & Richard Cutler for continuing
    assistance.
    
         BIBLIOGRAPHY
    
            1992 Calendar--Run! (copyright 1991, Jack Geschidt)
            2 holiday and 1 almanac program from a Carolina TBBS
            20th Century Timeline
            24 Space event files from STARPOINT BBS in Connecticut
            Actors, Artist, Authors & Attempted Assasins - Susan Stetler
            Adult Movies
            Almanac of American Politics (1974)
            American Authors & Books (1640 to present) (3rd edition)
            Archie & Edith, Mike & Gloria (All in the Family)
            As they Were Too
            Associated Press' dates in history (Newsday BBS)
            Awesome Alamanac of Illinois
            Awesome Alamanac of Indiana
            BABYLON3.ZIP
            Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 7th edition
            Baltimore Orioles media guides
            Bare Facts
            Baseball 1991 Almanac
            BDAYCAL.ZIP
            BIKENRUN.ZIP
            Billboard 1990 Trivia Calendar
            Biographical Dictionary of Scientist - Trevor Williams
            Biography Almanac - 1st Edition
            Biorhythm Sports Forecasting
            Black Olympian Medalists - James A Page
            Book of Winners (1978)
            Book of Rock Lists
            Book of Lists (1,2,3)
            Boston Bruins Yearbook
            Boston Red Sox Yearbooks
            Broadcasting Yearbook (1973)
            CAL.ZIP
            CBS-FOX Video Store 1990 Calander (Thanks to Ronald Cohen)
            Celebrity Book of Lists
            Celebrity Almanac - Ed Lucaire
            Celebrities birthdays
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 2 # 2 - Ingenudes
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 2 # 3 - Tele-visions
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 2 # 4 - Selects
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 2 # 5 - Oh, Oh, Seven
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 1 - Ingenudes 2
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 2 - Women of Fantasy
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            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 6 - Ingenudes 3
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            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 4 - Good Sports
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 5 - Anatomy Awards 3
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 6 - Ingenudes 4
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 7 - Devilish Daughters
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 8 - 25 Sexiest Woman of 1992
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 9 - Tele-Visions 4
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 1 - Women of Fantasy 3
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 2 - Readers' Choice
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 3 - Soap Dishes
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 4 - Sisters Under the Skin
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 5 - Beauty Queen
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 6 - Good Sports
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 7 - Ingnudes 5
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 8 - Noble Nudes
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 5 # 9 - Tele-Visions 5
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 6 # 1 - Top 40!
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 6 # 2 - 25 Sexiest Women of 1993
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 6 # 3 - Hot Flashers!
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 6 # 4 - Women of Fantasy 4
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 6 # 5 - Here She is Again
            Celebrity Sleuth Vol 6 # 7 - Ingnudes 6
            Chambers's Biographical Dictionary
            Chase's Annual Event 1985
            Chronicle of the Year 1988
            Civil War Almanac (via Philip Scruggs)
            Civil War Journeys, 1991 Calendar (via Philip Scruggs)
            CIVWAR.ZIP (Philip Scruggs)
            Coin World Almanac
            Complete Book of the Olympics (1992)
            Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (1992)
            Complete Directory to Prime Time TV Stars (1987)
            Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947-1976)
            Complete Mission Impossible Dossier - Patrick J White
            Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary
            Concise Dictionary of American Biography - 3rd Edition
            Congressional Yellow Book - November 1986
            Current Biography magazine
            Cycling--1992 Calendar (Pomegranate Calendars & Books)
            DATA2000.ZIP - John TS Brouwer de Koning
            DISNEY.ZIP
            Daily News TV Week
            Detroit Tiger Yearbooks
            Dictionary of Days - Leslie Dunkling
            Dunlop Illustrated Encyclopedia of Facts
            East Coast Rocker
            Encyclopedia of Hockey
            Encyclopedia of Pro Football
            Encyclopedia of Rock
            Entertainment Tonight - Daily Birthday check
            Estrenos (Spanish entertainment show)
            Ethnic Almanacs
            Executive's Travel Planner
            Facts About the Presidents
            Facts and Dates of American Sports - Gordon Carruth
            Film Annual 1993
            Florida Marlins Yearbook
            Funk & Wagnalls Hammond World Atlas
            Golf Digest Almanac 1989
            Green Bay Packers Yearbook
            Guardian (British Newspaper)
            Guinness Illustrated Encyclopedia of Facts
            Guinness Book of Olympic Records (1984)
            Guinness Railway Book by John Marshall
            HISTORY.ZIP (A.E.S.C. BBS, Atlanta Georgia)
            Hammond Almanac (1982)
            Harmony Encyclopedia of Rock
            History.zip
            Home Video Guide
            Illustrated Encyclopedia of World's Great Movie Stars
            Illuatrated Dictionary of Chess - Edward R Brace
            Independence (British Newspaper)
            International Dictionary of 20th Century Biograpghy
            Information Please Almanac (1989, 1991)
            International Cyclopedia of Music & Musicians
            International Dictionary of the 20th Century Biography
            Isaac Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Tech
            Israeli History
            JCAL verson 7.03
            James Bond Encyclopedia by Steven Jay Rubin
            Jewish Press - Time Capsule by Jeff Reznak
            Larousse Encyclopedia of Music
            Leonard Maltin's TV Movies & Video Guide (1989)
            Manned Space flights
            Miss America Pageant 1990 - 70th Anniversary edition
            Mixed Nuts by E.C. McKenzie
            Movies on TV (Steven Sheur)
            NASA Space Link BBS
            Nederlands-Engels dictionary
            New Columbia Encyclopedia
            New Encyclopedia of Jazz
            New England Patriots Yearbook
            New Kobbe's Complete Opera
            New Orleans Saints Yearbook
            Newsday BBS
            NFL Media Information Book (1981)
            NHL Official Guide & Record Book (1987-88)
            NJ Devils Yearbooks
            NOVSCI.TXT
            NY Times history books
            NY Knicks Yearbooks
            NY Rangers Yearbooks
            NY Times Directory of the Film (Knight)
            NY Giants Yearbooks
            NY Yankees Yearbooks
            NY Times Sports Encyclopedia
            NY Jets Yearbooks
            NY/NJ Nets Yearbooks
            Newsmaker 88 volume 2
            New Video (Summer, 1987)
            NHL Official Guide & Record Book
            Official Honeymooners Treasury
            Official Encyclopedia of Baseball
            Olympic Handbook (1984)
            Oxbridge Omnibus of Holiday Observances around the World (1977)
            Oxford Companion to English Literature (5th Edition)
            Oxford Companion to French Literature
            Oxford Companion to Music
            Parade Magazine
            Pears Cyclopedia (78th edition)
            People's Almanac (1,2,3)
            Perfect Name for the Perfect Baby - Jean & Lydia Wilen
            Philadelphia Phillies Yearbooks
            Pittsburgh Penguin Yearbooks
            Playboy Magazine
            Pro Football 1978
            Prodigy BBS
            Random House Dictionary
            Reader's Digest Almanac & Yearbook (1980)
            Reading For Pleasure (BBS - 1-301-694-7108)
            Rhino 1990 Rock and Roll Calendar (Thanks to Glen Gordon)
            Rock & Roll Birthday Book
            Rock On
            Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll
            Salted Peanuts by E.C. McKenzie
            San Diego Chargers Yearbook
            SAINTS.ZIP
            SEPTSCI.TXT
            Screen World (Vol 34-37)
            SFAUTHOR.ZIP
            Sh-Boom Magazine
            Sleep at Last
            Smash Hits 1989 Yearbook
            Soap Opera Digest - 1989 Soap Super Calendar
            Soap Opera Encyclopedia
            Spacelink BBS (1-205-895-0028)
            Special Days
            Sports Encyclopedia Pro Football (Neft & Cohen)
            Sports Encyclopedia of Baseball (Neft & Cohen)
            Sports Magazine
            St Joseph Almanac 1991 Calendar
            Stacnet BBS 1-718-746-2006 (Day in Science)
            Star tabloid
            Star Shots
            Statesman's Year Book (1985-86)
            Suburban People
            Sun tabloid
            Thoroughbred Racing Action
            Timetables of American History - Laurence Urdang
            Timetables of History - Bernard Grun
            TNG1018.ZIP - Star Trek Next Generation list of lists
            TODAYMUS.TXT - Music
            TODAY-SH - Sherlock Holmes (Les Moskowitz)
            TODAYDOB.ZIP (Jim Robeson, Pacific Grove, CA.)
            TODAYCSA - W.E. Smith (Civil War)
            TODAYANG, TODAYRC & TODAYOW2 - Bill Kelsey (Religion)
            TODAY.NEW - National Parks
            TODAYNEW.ZIP (Randy Ross, Marin-Somers BBS, S.F.)
            TODAYJUN.ZIP
            TODAYAPR.ZIP (Invention Factory, New York)
            TODAYLEE.ZIP
            TODAY.SPC - Space
            TOS1018.ZIP - Star Trek list of lists
            Teen Beat Magazine
            Television landmarks
            Tennis Championship Magazine - US Open (1985-88)
            This Date in NY Yankee History
            This Date in Phila Phillies History
            This Date in Pitts Pirates History
            This Date in St. Louis Carinals Yankee History
            This Day in Sports
            Timelines - Paul Dickson
            Total Television including Cable - Alex McNeil
            TV Encyclopedia - David Inman
            Universal Almanac 1990
            USA Today Weekend
            Variety Who's Who in Show Business (1983)
            Video Business
            Video Movie Guide 1989, 1990, 1991
            Video Directory
            Video Store Magazine
            Virginia Slims Magazine
            WPLJ-FM, NY - Daily Birthday check
            Weekly Executive Planner
            What Happened When - Gordon Carruth
            When We Were Young, baby boomer yearbook - Rita Lang Kleinfelder
            Who's Who in Baseball (1973-93)
            Who's Who in TV (2-9)
            Who's Who in Country Music
            Who's Who in Daytime TV - April 1991
            Who's Who in Horror & Fantasy Fiction
            Who's Who in Baseball (1976-92)
            Words That Set Us Free
            World Almanac Fact-a-day 1991 calendar (Thanks to Carol Halper)
            World Almanac of Dictionary of Dates
            World Authors 1950-70
            World Book Diary
            World Almanac (1989, 1991)
            Writers Directory 1980-82
            Yearbook Book
            Z-100-FM (WHTZ), NY - Daily Birthday check
    
    - Also Randolph Ross, John Francis, Tony Tortorelli and Ned Wilson
    
                    As always more dates are requested.
    
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    M & M BBS - 914-SET-NULS (914-738-6857) - TBBS board  (NY)
    MASS COMM OF BLIND - 617-451-5327 (Mass)
    CHARLATAN'S CABIN - 213-654-7337 (Calif)
    EAST BAY X-CHANGE - 803-556-7485 (NEWDAY.EXE homeboard) (SC)
    EXECUTIVE NETWORK - 914-667-4651, 914-667-4567 & 914-667-4684 (NY)
    MARIN-SOMERS - 415-927-1216  (TODAY.EXE's homeboard) (Calif)        
    LINKING RINGS - 318-442-5694 (Mega board in Louisiana)



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