This day in history

Population:

Ashland: 20,600

U.S. population: 306,500,319

Sunrise and sunset:

7:28 a.m.

6:24 p.m.

Local weather:

Ashland high: 64° F

Ashland low: 50° 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:

1926 - Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll legend famous for classics "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Sweet Little Sixteen" and more.

1886 - David Ben-Gurion -The Father of Israel - Chief Architect and first prime minister of the state of Israel

1595 - Edward Winslow - English pilgrim and a principal founder of the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1977 - Baseball great Reggie Jackson made baseball history when he hit three home runs on three successive ptiches, leading the Yankees to an 8-4 win over the Dodgers in the World Series.

1867 - The United States took possession of the Alaska Territory having purchased it from Russia for about two cents per acre.