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Lacey and Michael have chosen the name
Amon Michael
a beautiful new son
born at Duncan Regional Hospital.
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Amon Michael
3 02 p.m. Monday, November 24, 2008
20 inches
8 pounds, 8.5 ounces
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Duncan: 45,000
- U.S. population: 305,192,255
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 7:14 a.m.
- 5:23 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Duncan high: 63° F
- Duncan low: 30° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 87° at Alice, Texas
- Low: -33 at Buckland, Alaska
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 8,443.39
- Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $1.91
- First-class stamp: $0.42
- New car: $21,750.00
- Average new home: $125,400.00
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Other interesting people born on this date:
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- 1888 - Dale Carnegie - American leader in the psychology of the successful personality. His book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" has assisted countless people in gaining greater success.
- 1868 - Scott Joplin - American musician known as the 'King of Ragtime' whose music highlighted the Academy Award winning score of the movie 'The Sting'
- 1784 - Zachary Taylor - hero of the Mexican War and 12th President of the United States.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1986 - The American Eagle silver dollar celebrated its birth by selling out all available supplies and racking up orders for another 250,000 coins on its first day of issue.
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1971 - D.B. Cooper made aviation history as he parachuted from a skyjacked Northwest Airline Boeing 727 with $200,000 ransom. He was never heard from again.
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1950 - The enduringly popular musical, "Guys and Dolls," opened its first of 1200 performances in New York City.
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