• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.88
• Gallon of Gasoline: $3.34
• Average New Home: $239,000.00
• New Car: $21,750.00
• Hospital Room Cost: $

Populations :

• Anchorage: 256,000
• U.S. Population: 288,989,907

Today's Weather:

• high: 50
• low: 28

National Weather Extremes:

• high: 99° - McAllen, Texas
• low: 3° - Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska

Daylight:

• sunrise: 8:09 am
• sunset: 7:27 pm

Today's Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 9509.28

Other Interesting People
Born on this Date:

• 1737 - Francis Hopkinson - American member of Continental Congress and probable designer of the American flag. You will find his signature on the Declaration of Independence.
• 1869 - Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi - Indian spiritual leader whose non-violent political strategies won independence from Great Britain for his nation.
• 1890 - Groucho Marx - One of the great comedic actors and personalities of all time. He starred with the Marx Brothers in classic films "Animal Crackers", "Duck Soup", "Horse Feathers", and others.
• 1895 - Bud Abbott - Comedian who starred in 35 movies with partner Lou Costello and is most famous for the timeless act, "Who's on First?"

Other Notable Events
on this Day in History

• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall took the oath of office becoming the first American of African descent to hold the office of Justice of the US Supreme Court.

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