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Origin of the name Teagan
Welsh - "Beautiful"
Friday, October 9, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 7:46 a.m.
and set at 7:00 p.m.
Missoula High: 36 Missoula Low: 19 The nation's weather extremes were 95 recorded at Plant City, Ocala, and Live Oak, Fla, and Statesboro, Ga. and 7 recorded at Arctic Village, Alaska, and Logan, Mont.
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 306,464,427
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 9,864.94 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.72
First Class stamp: $0.44
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1940 - John Lennon - Lead singer and songwriter for the world's most commercially successful rock and roll band - the Beatles.
1891 - Otto Schnering - American entrepreneur and candy manufacturer who founded the Curtiss Candy Co. and introduced Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars to the world.
1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson - Highly theatrical evangelist who pioneered preaching on the radio and through that became wealthy, famous, and controversial.
1873 - Charles Walgreen -American pharmacist and innovator who created the concept of the modern drugstore, and founded the largest drugstore chain in the U.S.
1860 - Leonard Wood - American Army Officer, physician, Governor General of the Philippines, and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1946 - The Simmons Company of Petersburg, Virginia, introduced the first electric blanket, suggested retail price $39.50.
1872 - Aaron Montgomery initiated a new marketing technique with the release of the his first catalog. It was so successful that it resulted in the huge Montgomery Ward catalog and stores.
1855 - Isaac Singer received a patent for the sewing machine motor, a device that greatly increased the productivity of garment workers and home hobbyists everywhere.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut, known today as Yale University, was chartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
