Adam Parker Deidra and Brad have chosen the name Adam Parker for their beautiful new son born at the Birth Center of Buffalo Hospital. Weight:  8 pounds and 7 ounces Length:  21 inches Time:      1:46 pm Date:       Monday, September 21, 2009 Delivered by: Mike McNelis, MD Baby's doctor: Andrew Burgdorf, MD Origin of the name Adam... Hebrew - Man of red earth. September 21, 2009 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Buffalo at 6:59 am and set at 7:12 pm Buffalo high: 75° F Buffalo low: 57° F The nation's weather extremes were 118° recorded at Death Valley, California and 30° at Eagle, Alaska In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 9820.20 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: 306,392,643 In the world of entertainment this week Adam Parker shares his birthday with these other interesting people 1866 - H. G. Wells - English novelist, journalist and historian. He is best known for his science fiction classics, "The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds". 1912 - Chuck Jones - Cartoonist and animation director for Warner Brothers who created some of the best cartoon characters of the 20th century, including, "The Road Runner"," Pepe Le Pew" and "Wiley Coyote". 1947 - Stephen King - 20th Century master of the macabre. One of the most popular and prolific authors of his time who wrote dozens of horror novels, stories and screenplays. There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1784 - Issue number one of "The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser" was published in Philadelphia, it was the first daily paper in America. 1965 - Thirty-seven year old Ted Erikson of Chicago became the first American to swim the English Channel roundtrip, completing the feat in a total of 30 hours and 3 minutes. 1981 - By a 99 to 0 vote the Senate confirmed Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She was the first woman to attain that position. Happy Birthday Adam Parker from your friends at Buffalo Hospital Return to Buffalo Hospital © 2009 New Baby News. All Rights Reserved.