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Friday, October 16, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 7:56 a.m.
and set at 6:47 p.m.
Missoula High: 61 Missoula Low: 33 The nation's weather extremes were 103 recorded at Laredo, Texas and 8 recorded at Northway, Alaska
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 306,492,343
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 10,062.94 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.62
First Class stamp: $0.44
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1898 - William O. Douglas - Held the record for the longest tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court - 36 years from 1939 to 1975
1886 - David Ben-Gurion - Zionist political leader and Israel's first Prime Minister, known as the "Father of Israel."
1758 - Noah Webster - American lexicographer and creator of the "American Dictionary of the English Language" and of the "American Spelling Book" which has sold an estimated 100,000,000 copies.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1846 - Dr. John Warren demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthetic in a surgery during a procedure performed at Massachsetts General Hospital.
1829 - America's first modern, first-class hotel, the 170 room Tremont Hotel opened in Boston. Rooms cost $2 a day, but that included 4 meals.
