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Origin of the name Malia
Spanish,Hawaiian, Zuni - "Bitter sea"
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 7:47 a.m.
and set at 6:58 p.m.
Missoula High: 32 Missoula Low: 10 The nation's weather extremes were 96 recorded at Inverness, Fla. and -11 recorded at Utica, Mont.
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 306,468,415
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:
1956 - Martina Navratilova - Women's professional tennis star who proved her domination of the game with 18 major championships including nine Wimbledon titles.
1924 - James Clavell - American author of popular, epic novels set in Asia including "Shogun", "Noble House", "King Rat", and others.
1813 - Giuseppe Verdi - The leading Italian composer of the 19th Century highly regarded for his operas "La Traviata", "Rigoletto", and others.
1770 - Benjamin Wright - American engineer who built the Erie Canal and who is considered to be the "Father of American Engineering."
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1978 - President Jimmy Carter signed legislation authorizing minting of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
1920 - Cleveland Indians second baseman William Wambsganss proved he belonged in the World Series when he completed the first ever unassisted triple play in a Series.
1913 - The waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans came together in the Panama Canal for the first time when crews removed the Gamboa Dam.
1845 - The U.S. Naval Academy welcomed the first 56 cadets through its doors at Windmill Point in Annapolis, Maryland.
