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Thursday, October 22, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 8:04 a.m.
and set at 6:36 p.m.
Missoula High: 52 Missoula Low: 34 The nation's weather extremes were 103 recorded at Laredo, Texas and 8 recorded at Northway, Alaska
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 306,516,271
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 9,949.36 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.60
First Class stamp: $0.44
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1938 - Christopher Lloyd - American comedic actor known for his roles as Reverend Jim on TV series "Taxi", as a key figure in the "Back to the Futures" moves, and in many other big screen hits.
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt - French actress who performed in Europe and America during the late 1800's and early 1900's becoming one of the best known performing artists ever.
1821 - Collis Huntington - American who played a major role in opening up the American West through his development of Central Pacific Railroad into the first transcontinental railroad.
1811 - Franz Liszt - Hungarian musician recognized as the greatest piano virtuoso of his time and with more than 700 compositions, one of the great music composers of all-time.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first elected President of the newly formed Republic of Texas.
1797 - French adventurer Andre-Jacques Garnerin jumped from a hot air balloon 2300 feet above Paris and into history as he became the first person to successfully complete a parachute jump.
