This day in history

Population:

Ashland: 20,600

U.S. population: 306,560,139

Sunrise and sunset:

6:47 a.m.

5:03 p.m.

Local weather:

Ashland high: 56° F

Ashland low: 39° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 94° at Rialto, California

Low: -17 at Anaktuvuk Pass and Denali National Park, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,712.73

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread: $2.49

Gallon of milk: $3.85

Gallon of gasoline: $2.98

First-class stamp: $0.44

New car: $21,750.00

Average new home: $336,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

1865 - Warren G. Harding - Ohio lieutenant governor, U.S. Senator, and 29th President of the Untied States.

1795 - James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States whose time in office is marked by territorial gains including Texas, California, and the Oregon territory.

1755 - Marie-Antoinette - Most famous Queen of France in history whose opposition to reform contributed to the development of the French Revolution in 1792.

1734 - Daniel Boone - Legendary American frontiersman who blazed the trail through the Cumberland Gap opening Kentucky to the country's first westward expansion.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1947 - The world's largest airplane, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose," made its only flight, one mile at 80 mph. The plane's wingspan measured 320 feet and it weighed about 400,000 pounds.

1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states admitted to the Union.