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Origin of the name Rose
Latin - "The Rose Flower"
Monday, January 12, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 8:18 a.m.
and set at 5:11 p.m.
Missoula High: 39 Missoula Low: 28 The nation's weather extremes were 90 recorded at Santa Ana, California and -58 recorded at Beaver, Alaska
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 305,387,667
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 8,473.97 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $1.44
First Class stamp: $0.42
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1944 - Joltin Joe Frazier - American heavyweight-boxing champion best know for epic matches with Muhammad Ali including "The Thrilla in Manila".
1876 - Jack London - American author and adventurer whose body of work includes "White Fang", "Call of the Wild" and "Sea Wolf".
1737 - John Hancock - American patriot and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence who signed the document in extra-large script to ensure that King George would be able to see it.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1991 - Both houses of Congress voted to authorize President Bush to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait, which he and the U.S. armed forces did during operation Desert Storm.
1932 - Only a dozen years after women won the right to vote, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
