• 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: 289,041,751

Today's Weather:

• high: 51
• low: 39

Daylight:

• sunrise: 8:43 am
• sunset: 6:46 pm

Today's Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 10015.86

Other Interesting People
Born on this Date:

• 1608 - Evangelista Torricelli - Italian scientist and thinker who invented the barometer and laid much groundwork in the development of integral calculus.
• 1858 - John L. Sullivan - Greatly popular heavyweight boxing champion whose name has become the symbol of bareknuckle style of boxing of the 1800's.
• 1921 - Mario Puzo - American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novel "The Godfather" and Oscar winning screenplays for movies Godfather I and II.
• 1924 - Lee Iacocca - American automobile executive who introduced the fabulously popular Ford Mustang and rebuilt Chrysler from near bankruptcy.

Other Notable Events
on this Day in History

• 1860 - Eleven year old Grace Bedell had a major impact on how we view our greatest president. On this date she wrote to Abraham Lincoln asking him to grow a beard. He did after the election.
• 1878 - Thomas Edison incorporated the The Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.
• 1951 - The pioneer sitcom "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS. Under one name or another it lasted 20 years and set the standard for serial TV comedies to follow.

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