Mason Ryan|
Mary
and Ryan
have chosen the name
Mason Ryan
for their beautiful new son born at Enloe Medical Center.
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Mason
Name's origin: Latin;
Name's original meaning: "Worker of stone"
Weight: 7 pounds, 1 ounce
Length: 20 inches
Time: 7:35 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sign his baby book.
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This day
in history
Population :
- Chico: 69,000
- U.S. population: 288,922,111
Sunrise and sunset:
Local weather:
- Chico, Calif. high: 84° F
- Chico, Calif. low: 59° F
The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 118° F at Death Valley, California
- Low: 30° F at Eagle, Alaska
The day's Dow Jones close:
Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.14
- First-class stamp: $0.44
- New car: $21,750.00
- Average new home: $331,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
- 1789 - James Fenimore Cooper - Recognized to be the first major American novelist. He created frontier adventure novels, including, "The Last of the Mohicans", "The Pathfinder" and "The Deerslayer".
- 1857 - William Howard Taft - 27th President of the United States
- 1881 - Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti - Pioneer builder of wonderful racing and luxury automobiles. He founded the famous Bugatti automobile company.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
- 1853 - Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained at the Congressional Church in South Butler, New York, becoming the first female minister in the United States.
- 1858 - The Butterfield Overland Mail Company began the first overland regular mail service to the west coast, it took 25 days for a letter to travel the 2,800 miles between Tipton, Missouri, and San Francisco, California.
- 1928 - Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered a substance in the penicillin mold that kills many bacteria that infect humans. Penicillin was the first effective antibiotic.
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