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Leah Raye |
Tonia
and Tim have chosen the name
Leah Raye
for their beautiful new daughter born at the Birth Center of Buffalo Hospital.
Weight: 5 pounds and 9.3 ounces
Length: 18 1/2 inches
Time: 10:02 am
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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| Origin of the name Leah... |
 | Hebrew - The weary one.. |
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October 6, 2009 - a day to remember |
| The Weather |
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The sun rose over Buffalo at 7:18 am
and set at 6:44 pm
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Buffalo high: 46° F
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Buffalo low: 42° F
| | The nation's weather extremes were 102° recorded at Laredo, Texas and 6° at Daniel, Wyo.
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| | In the financial world |
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The Dow Jones closed at
9599.75 | |
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: |
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Buffalo: 12,500 | |
U.S. Population: 306,452,463 |
| | In the world of entertainment this week
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| | Leah Raye shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
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1846 - George Westinghouse - American inventor of railway braking systems, founder of Westinghouse Corporation, and chief figure in establishing alternating electrical current as America's standard. |
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1866 - Reginald Fessenden - American inventor who broadcast the first known radio program in the U.S. on Christmas Eve, 1906 |
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1914 - Thor Heyerdahl - Norwegian adventurer who led the "Kon-Tiki" transpacific rafting expedition designed to prove the possibility of transoceanic migrations of early peoples. |
| | There have been some other notable events on this day in history |
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1866 - America's first train robbery took place as the Reno Gang of Southern Illinois held up the Ohio & Mississippi train, getting away with about $13,000 in gold and bank notes. | |
1945 - Chicago Cubs fan and tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis purchased two box seat tickets for Game 4 of the World Series for about $14 - one for himself the other for his goat. When he and the goat were ejected from the stadium he purportedly placed a curse on the Cubs that they would never win another World Series. The curse has held for more than 60 years. |
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| Happy Birthday
Leah Raye
from your friends at
Buffalo Hospital
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