• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.88
• Gallon of Gasoline: $3.27
• Average New Home: $239,000.00
• New Car: $21,750.00
• Hospital Room Cost: $

Populations :

• Anchorage: 256,000
• U.S. Population: 288,902,171

Today's Weather:

• high: 57
• low: 48

National Weather Extremes:

• high: 118° - Death Valley, California
• low: 30° - Eagle, Alaska

Daylight:

• sunrise: 7:14 am
• sunset: 8:36 pm

Today's Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 9547.22

Other Interesting People
Born on this Date:

• 1839 - Isaac Funk - American journalist, religious leader and publisher of the authoritative Funk and Wagnalls, "Standard Dictionary of the English Language".
• 1929 - Arnold Palmer - Professional golfer, who played a key role in popularizing the sport of golf. He won seven major titles including four Master's Championships.
• 1934 - Roger Maris - NY Yankees slugger whose record of 61 home runs in a season remained unattainable to other players for 37 years.

Other Notable Events
on this Day in History

• 1813 - The U.S. Navy scored the first-ever naval victory over the British, defeating a squadron of six British warships in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
• 1846 - Elias Howe of Spencer, Massachusetts, received a patent for the sewing machine, starting a revolution in the garment industry that would increase productivity, improve quality and lower prices.
• 1913 - Work was completed on the final stretch of the 3,300 mile Lincoln Highway, America's first paved highway coast-to-coast.

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