Lacey and Michael have chosen the name Amon Michael a beautiful new son
born at Duncan Regional Hospital.
 
Amon Michael
3 02 p.m.
Monday, November 24, 2008
20 inches
8 pounds, 8.5 ounces
  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
Other interesting people born on this date:
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:
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.
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.
1950 - The enduringly popular musical, "Guys and Dolls," opened its first of 1200 performances in New York City.