Oliver Mitchell Krystle and Mitch have chosen the name Oliver Mitchell for their beautiful new son born at the Birth Center of Buffalo Hospital. Weight:  8 pounds and 3.8 ounces Length:  20 1/4 inches Time:      10:06 pm Date:       Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Baby's doctor: Natasha Hamann, MD Origin of the name Oliver... Latin, Scandinavian - "Olive tree", "Kind". September 23, 2009 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Buffalo at 7:02 am and set at 7:08 pm Buffalo high: 78° F Buffalo low: 61° 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 9748.55 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: 308,096,798 In the world of entertainment this week Oliver Mitchell shares his birthday with these other interesting people 1745 - John Sevier - American Revolutionary War hero, frontiersman, U.S. Congressman and the first Governor of the short-lived state of Franklin and later of the state of Tennessee. 1861 - Robert Bosch - German engineer who invented, among other things, two devices necessary for the development of the automobile - the magneto and the sparkplug. 1889 - Walter Lippmann - American newspaperman who became one of the most respected political columnists in the world and won Pulitzer Prizes in 1958 and 1962 for his work. There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1845 - Alexander Joe Cartwright organized the first modern baseball team, the Knickerbocker Club of New York. They had to wait until June of 1846 before another team was available to play and then lost to their opponents 23 to 1. Happy Birthday Oliver Mitchell from your friends at Buffalo Hospital Return to Buffalo Hospital © 2010 New Baby News. All Rights Reserved.