Sterling Jack|
Lydia
and Tyson
have chosen the name
Sterling Jack
for their beautiful new son born at Enloe Medical Center.
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Sterling
Name's origin: English;
Name's original meaning: "Valuable"
Weight: 5 pounds, 11 ounces
Length: 18 inches
Time: 9:05 p.m.
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sign his baby book.
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This day
in history
Population :
- Chico: 69,000
- U.S. population: 288,985,919
Sunrise and sunset:
Local weather:
- Chico, Calif. high: 80° F
- Chico, Calif. low: 54° F
The day's Dow Jones close:
Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.05
- First-class stamp: $0.44
- New car: $21,750.00
- Average new home: $331,000.00
Other interesting people
born on this date:
- 1781 - James Lawrence - U.S. naval Captain during the War of 1812 who gave birth to an American Navy tradition with his famous proclamation, "Don't give up the ship."
- 1924 - Jimmy Carter - 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was the first President to have been born in a hospital.
- 1945 - Rod Carew - Major league baseball great who set records for stealing home (7 times in one season) and won the league batting crown seven different seasons.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
- 1890 - Congress authorized the designation of 1512 acres of natural beauty and splendor in central California as Yosemite National Park.
- 1903 - The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Pilgrims (now known as the Red Sox) 7 to 3 in the first game of the first ever World Series.
- 1908 - The Ford Model T was introduced by Henry Ford. Retail price for the automobile was $825 and Ford proclaimed you could have any color you wanted as long it was black.
- 1971 - Amid parades, balloons, famous mice, ducks and many other characters, Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.
- 2000 - Katherine Drexel, founder of an order of religious Sisters and untiring crusader for Indians and blacks was canonized, becoming only the second American born person to be recognized as a Saint by the Catholic Church.
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