This day in history

Population:

Ashland: 20,600

U.S. population: 306,528,235

Sunrise and sunset:

7:37 a.m.

6:14 p.m.

Local weather:

Ashland high: 64° F

Ashland low: 39° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: ° at

Low: at

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,972.18

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread: $2.49

Gallon of milk: $3.85

Gallon of gasoline: $2.97

First-class stamp: $0.44

New car: $21,750.00

Average new home: $336,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

1888 - Richard Byrd - American Navy officer and pioneer aviator best known for his explorations of Antarctica using airplanes.

1881 - Pablo Picasso - Famed Spanish artist who created the artistic genre of cubism and who was the major contributor to the development of modern art during the 20th century.

1825 - Johann Strauss - Austrian composer known as "The Waltz King" for compositions such as "The Blue Danube", "Emperor Waltz" and many more.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1960 - The Accutron, the world's first electronic watch, was unveiled by the Bulova Watch Company this day.

1940 - Benjamin Oliver Davis put on the stars of a brigadier general becoming the first American of African ancestry to achieve the rank of general in the U.S. Army.