This day in history

Population:

Ashland: 20,600

U.S. population: 306,492,343

Sunrise and sunset:

7:26 a.m.

6:27 p.m.

Local weather:

Ashland high: 79° F

Ashland low: 45° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 103° at Laredo, Texas

Low: 8 at Northway, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,995.91

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread: $2.49

Gallon of milk: $3.85

Gallon of gasoline: $3.04

First-class stamp: $0.44

New car: $21,750.00

Average new home: $336,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

1898 - William O. Douglas - Held the record for the longest tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court - 36 years from 1939 to 1975

1886 - David Ben-Gurion - Zionist political leader and Israel's first Prime Minister, known as the "Father of Israel."

1758 - Noah Webster - American lexicographer and creator of the "American Dictionary of the English Language" and of the "American Spelling Book" which has sold an estimated 100,000,000 copies.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1846 - Dr. John Warren demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthetic in a surgery during a procedure performed at Massachsetts General Hospital.

1829 - America's first modern, first-class hotel, the 170 room Tremont Hotel opened in Boston. Rooms cost $2 a day, but that included 4 meals.