Lucy Arlene Emily and Jay have chosen the name Lucy Arlene for their beautiful new daughter born at the Birth Center of Buffalo Hospital. Weight:  7 pounds and 15.5 ounces Length:  20 inches Time:      1:44 pm Date:       Thursday, September 3, 2009 Delivered by: Thomas Minke, M.D. Baby's doctor: Glen Pfister, M.D. Origin of the name Lucy... Latin - "Light", "One who brings light". September 3, 2009 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Buffalo at 6:38 am and set at 7:46 pm Buffalo high: 75° F Buffalo low: 48° F In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 9280.67 Minnesota's Minimum Wage was $6.15 . . . and the prices of some big and little ticket items were Loaf of Bread:$ 2.49 Gallon of Milk: $ 3.85 First Class Stamp: $0.44 Average New Home: $211,000.00 New Car: $21,750.00 Populations: Buffalo: 12,500 U.S. Population: 306,320,859 In the world of entertainment this week Lucy Arlene shares her birthday with these other interesting people 1875 - Ferdinand Porsche - Austrian automobile designer responsible for the first Volkswagen, as well as many classic sports cars. 1923 - Mort Walker - American cartoonist who created two very popular, long-running newspaper comic stripsm "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois". There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1189 - Famed British Royal, Richard the Lionheart, was coronated King of England at Westminster Abbey in London. 1777 - The American flag was flown in battle for the first time, this during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland. 1888 - George Eastman of Rochester, New York, received a patent for the first camera to use rolled film, a fixed focus box camera called the "Kodak No. 1." 1935 - British speed king, Sir Malcolm Campbell, set a new land speed record, completing two one-mile runs at the Bonneville salt flats with an average speed of 301 miles per hour. Happy Birthday Lucy Arlene from your friends at Buffalo Hospital Return to Buffalo Hospital © 2009 New Baby News. All Rights Reserved.