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Origin of the name Colter
Old English - Occupational name: "Colt-herd"
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 7:32 a.m.
and set at 7:19 p.m.
Missoula High: 68 Missoula Low: 45 The nation's weather extremes were 118 recorded at Death Valley, California and 30 recorded at Eagle, Alaska
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 306,424,547
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 9,742.20 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.77
First Class stamp: $0.44
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1943 - Lech Walesa - Activist who led Poland's first independent trade union and became the first directly elected president of Poland upon the overthrow of the dictatorship in his country.
1925 - Paul MacCready - American who led the effort that resulted in the successful construction of both the first man- and solar-powered aircraft capable of sustained flight.
1907 - Gene Autry - "The Singing Cowboy". He was the star of more than a hundred western movies, singer of the megahit, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and owner of the California Angels baseball team.
1787 - Catherine McAuley - Irish founder of the Religious Sisters of Mercy whose legacy includes the good works of the Sisters of the order and hundreds of Mercy Hospitals worldwide.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1988 - Stacy Allison became the first American woman to successfully ascend to the summit of the world's highest peak, 29,028-foot Mount Everest.
1892 - Mansfield, Pennsylvania, hosted the first night football game featuring 20 electric lights.
1789 - Josiah Harmar took charge as the Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. George Washington actually was the fifth Commander-in-chief.
