Jesse Wade|
Shelly
and Aaron
have chosen the name
Jesse Wade
for their beautiful new son born at Enloe Medical Center.
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Jesse Name's origin: Hebrew;
Name's original meaning: God's Gift or Wealthy
Weight: 7 pounds, 12 ounces Length: 19 inches
Time: 7:36 a.m. Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Sign his baby book.
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This day
in history
Population :
- Chico: 69,000
- U.S. population: 289,097,583
Sunrise and sunset:
Local weather:
- Chico, Calif. high: 68° F
- Chico, Calif. low: 39° F
The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 103° F at Laredo, Texas
- Low: 8° F at Northway, Alaska
The day's Dow Jones close:
Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $2.86
- First-class stamp: $0.44
- New car: $21,750.00
- Average new home: $331,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
- 1815 - Daniel Emmett - American music troupe leader and composer known for the song "Dixie" which was the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy and the South.
- 1891 - Fanny Brice - American actress and comedienne famous for her starring roles in the Ziegfeld Follies and as inspiration for the movie "Funny Girl."
- 1921 - Bill Mauldin - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who brought the lives of soldiers in World War II into focus with his characters GI Joe and Willie.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
- 1796 - Captain Ebenezer Dorr recorded in the log of the ship Otter, that he had arrived off the coast of California, becoming the first American ship to sail there.
- 1863 - The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
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