Benjamin Skye|
Sarah
and Chris
have chosen the name
Benjamin Skye
for their beautiful new son born at Enloe Medical Center.
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Benjamin
Name's origin: English, Hebrew;
Name's original meaning: Son of my right hand
Weight: 9 pounds, 0 ounces
Length: 21 1/2 inches
Time: 8:52 a.m.
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sign his baby book.
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This day
in history
Population :
- Chico: 69,000
- U.S. population: 288,914,135
Sunrise and sunset:
Local weather:
- Chico, Calif. high: 77° F
- Chico, Calif. low: 59° F
The day's Dow Jones close:
Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.08
- First-class stamp: $0.44
- New car: $21,750.00
- Average new home: $331,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
- 1766 - Samuel Wilson - American businessman remembered as the original "Uncle Sam" because of his policy of stamping "U.S." on barrels of meat sold to the army during the War of 1812.
- 1857 - Milton Hershey - American entrepreneur who developed the first milk chocolate candy bar, founded the Hershey Chocolate Company and built the city of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
- 1860 - Walter Reed - U.S. Army physician and scientist who saved countless lives by proving that yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
- 1916 - Roald Dahl - British author of a wide variety of books and screenplays including, "The Gremlins", "James and the Giant Peach", "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".
Other notable events
on this day in history:
- 1788 - A form of government the world had not seen before became a reality as the Constitutional Convention authorized the election of the President and Vice-President of the United States.
- 1898 - The visual recording of events made a giant leap forward with the granting of a patent to Rev. Hannibal Goodwin of Newark, New Jersey, for his creation, Camera Film.
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