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- By Bruce T. Goldman
- 2180 Bolton St.
- Bronx, NY 10462
- (212) 823-9873
-
- Apr 17, 1992
-
- Although this version has come out within a month of 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 TODAY34Z.ZIP and NEWDAY45.ZIP, the last known programs
- made available.
-
- 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 over 3.35 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 9.06 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.
-
- 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
- and 718 area code.
-
-
- I plan to continue updating, I will include deletions, additions
- and changes.
-
- The updates will use the following filespec "DAY907.ZIP" for version
- 9.07, "DAY908.ZIP" for version 9.08. 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, Artis, 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)
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 7th edition
- 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
- Book of Winners (1978)
- Book of Rock Lists
- Book of Lists (1,2,3)
- Boston Bruins Yearbook
- Boston Red Sox Yearbooks
- 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
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 3 - Tele-visions 2
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 4 - Anatomy Awards 2
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 5 - 25 Sexiest Women of 1990
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 3 # 6 - Ingenudes 3
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 1 - Wives & Lovers
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 2 - Women of Fantasy 2
- Celebrity Sleuth Vol 4 # 3 - Tele-visions 3
- 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
- Chambers's Biographical Dictionary
- Coin World Almanac
- Complete Book of the Olympics
- Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (1988)
- 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
- Current Biography magazine
- Cycling--1992 Calendar (Pomegranate Calendars & Books)
- DISNEY.ZIP
- Daily News TV Week
- Detroit Yearbooks
- 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
- Green Bay Packers Yearbook
- Guardian (British Newspaper)
- Guinness Illustrated Encyclopedia of Facts
- Guinness Book of Olympic Records (1984)
- 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
- Independence (British Newspaper)
- Information Please Almanac (1989)
- International Cyclopedia of Music & Musicians
- International Dictionary of the 20th Century Biography
- Isaac Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Tech
- Israelli History
- JCAL verson 7.03
- 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
- Movies on TV (Steven Sheur)
- NASA Space Link BBS
- 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)
- 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
- San Diego Chargers Yearbook
- SAINTS.ZIP
- SEPTSCI.TXT
- Screen World (Vol 34-37)
- 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
- Suburban People
- Sun tabloid
- 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
- Teen Beat Magazine
- Television landmarks
- Tennis Championship Magazine - US Open (1985-88)
- This Day in NY Yankee History
- This Day in Sports
- Timelines - Paul Dickson
- Total Television including Cable - Alex McNeil
- TV Encyclopedia - David Inman
- USA Today Weekend
- 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
- Who's Who in TV (2-8)
- 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 (1976-90)
- 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)
- 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.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Boards I get to with some frequency (NY)
- CONSULTANT - 718-837-7606
- FORDHAM AFUG BBS - 212-579-2869
- M & M BBS - 914-SET-NULS (914-738-6857) - TBBS board
- MOVIE BBS - 718-939-5462
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Key distribution boards (all 9600 baud)
- 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)
- CHARLATAN'S CABIN - 213-654-7337 (Calif)
- MASS COMM OF BLIND - 617-451-5327 (Mass)
-