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Origin of the name Morgan
Welsh - Great, Bright
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - a day to remember
The Weather
The sun rose over Missoula at 8:11 a.m.
and set at 6:28 p.m.
Missoula High: 41 Missoula Low: 32 The nation's weather extremes were 103 recorded at Laredo, Texas and 8 recorded at Northway, Alaska
Population
Missoula: 66,000
U.S. population: 306,536,211
In the financial world
The Dow Jones closed at 9,867.96 Montana's minimum wage was $6.90
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.59
First Class stamp: $0.44
New home:
$201,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
1872 - Emily Post - American author whose book "Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage" has made her name synonymous with proper manners in society.
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States known for building the Panama Canal and beginning the National Park System.
1811 - Issac Singer, American entrepreneur and innovator who brought the world the first practical home sewing machine and started the company that bears his name.
1728 - James Cook - British sea captain and explorer who was the first European to see and chart many land masses in the Pacific Ocean.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
2004 - The Boston Red Sox broke the 84-year long "Curse of the Bambino" by winning their first World Series since 1918.
1997 - In an effort to thwart the long-standing problem of counterfeiting, the U.S. Treasury began issuing redesigned $50 bills.
1904 - The first rapid transit subway system in American began operation in New York City. The fare for a ride was five cents.
1492 - Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage to the New World, became the first European to view the Island of Cuba and claimed it for Spain.
