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Origin of the name Hussam
Arabic - "Sword"
Friday, May 1, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 6:20 a.m.
and set at 8:46 p.m.
Missoula High: 57 Missoula Low: 26
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 305,822,359
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 8,168.12 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.11
First Class stamp: $0.42
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1925 - Scott Carpenter - One of America's original seven astronauts, the country's fourth man in space and the first to manually pilot a spacecraft in orbit.
1923 - Joseph Heller - American author of various works expressing a somewhat twisted perspective of reality, especially known for the modern classic Catch-22.
1909 - Kate Smith - American singer and "the first lady of radio" whose huge voice made famous the Irving Berlin classic "God Bless America."
1769 - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington - British general and politician who led the forces that defeated Napoleon and his armies at Waterloo.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1920 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves played a record 26 innings in a single game. Pitchers Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger went the distance for each club in the 1-1 tie.
1884 - Dr. John S. Pemberton sold the first of his secret elixir for medicinal purposes. Today the formula is still secret - the product is known as Coca Cola.
1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody staged his first Wild West Show on this day.
1841 - Settlement of the west began in earnest as the first wagon train left Independence, Missouri, headed for California.
