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A B O U T T H I S T O D A Y D A T A B A S E
Version 91 M
Copyright 1990, 1991, Robert Braunwart
4134 Eleventh Ave. N.E., #6
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 545-8316
#30, February 1991
THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE AND COMPREHENSIVE TODAY DATABASE CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE FROM ANY SOURCE.
The data file accompanying this document contains one month out of the
complete TODAY database. To use it, you will need the program NEWDAY/PC v.
3.5 or later or a comparable program. The program will show you a list of
birthdays of celebrities, historical figures, scientists, artists, etc. and a
list of historical events and religious observances for any specified day of
the year.
The file included here contains the latest version of the data for one
month. This information has been gathered from many sources -- other TODAY
data files uploaded to the BBS's listed below, almanacs and encyclopedias,
chronological lists for many subjects, etc. (Most major sources have been
credited by their own entries in the database and marked with a "<" charac-
ter.) The entries have been carefully edited and the following changes have
been made.
1. Thousands of erroneous items have been corrected or deleted. (All
other known versions contain many errors and inconsistencies.)
2. Hundreds of duplicates have been eliminated.
3. Where appropriate, European accented characters have been substituted
for their unaccented English equivalents.
4. Punctuation, capitalization, etc. have been standardized.
5. I have personally added more than 55,000 new entries.
6. The database has been divided into 12 monthly files for uploading to
the bulletin boards listed below. I will upload each file a few days before
the beginning of the month. Since the database is constantly increasing in
size, I will do this for more than one year. Thus the newest version will
always be available just before the beginning of the corresponding month. The
first month uploaded was September, in 1988.
The total database contains more than 75,000 entries (more than 1,250
single-spaced typed pages) and is still growing. If you know of reliable,
interesting dates in a specialized field because of your occupation, ethnic or
religious background, geographic region, or hobby, please upload them! Please
upload ASCII files in as near the format of this data file as possible (and
leave me a message). Or if you are familiar with PC-FILE let me know and I
can provide the complete database specification. All types of entries are
welcome -- from trivial to major historical importance. I am also interested
in hearing about any incorrect or unclear entries you may identify.
Feel free to distribute this database to others. However, you may not
charge more than $3 per disk for distribution and you may not offer for sale
all or any part of the database without written permission of Robert
Braunwart. Also, do not add or remove items before distributing the database
unless you have prior written permission.
SPECIAL OFFER: If you send me 25 reliable entries that I use plus your
own birthday (day, month & YEAR), I will include you in the database as a
contributor. Ditto for any 5 corrections or clarifications that I use.
In order to keep the daily display within reasonable limits, only about
half the total database entries are included in the monthly upload files. If
you are interested in the other entries, please enquire. You may order the
entire database or specialized subsets. The subsets contain all the entries
pertaining to a particular subject or chronological period.
You may order all 12 months of the database from the address given above.
An updated set of the 12 monthly uploads (in other words, the "basic" entries)
is available for just $10 (US). If you want (1) the entire database, (2)
the basic (uploaded) set plus additional entries in one or more of the cate-
gories listed below, or (3) a subset of the total database for a particular
topic, the charge is $15. Please specify what set you want and include 5 1/4"
IBM-PC formatted disks (twelve 360 K diskettes or three 1.20 M) with your
order. Please make checks playable to "Robert Braunwart."
Categories include:
Chronological Periods Subject Areas
Before 1492 Art & Architecture
1492-1700 Aviation & Space Exploration
1700-1800 Black History
1800-1850 Business & Labor
1850-1900 Entertainment (stage, screen, TV)
Any decade from the 1860's Holidays & Calendar (world)
Any 5-year period from 1920 Literature (world)
Medicine
Music & Dance (classical & pop)
Politics & Government (world)
Religion
Science, Mathematics & Philosophy
Sports & Games
Transportation & Communication
Women
Uploaded to:
Charlatan's Cabin BBS (213) 654-7337 Los Angeles
Interstate BBS (206) 631-3231 Seattle, Wash.