Chevy Matthew|
Elizabeth
and Adam
have chosen the name
Chevy Matthew
for their beautiful new son born at Enloe Medical Center.
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Chevy
Name's origin: French;
Name's original meaning: "Knight"
Weight: 7 pounds, 13 ounces
Length: 21 inches
Time: 5:39 p.m.
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009
Sign his baby book.
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This day
in history
Population :
- Chico: 69,000
- U.S. population: 289,073,655
Sunrise and sunset:
Local weather:
- Chico, Calif. high: 78° F
- Chico, Calif. low: 55° F
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:
- 1835 - Adlai Ewing Stevenson - Vice President of the United States in the administration of Grover Cleveland.
- 1869 - John Heisman - football coach and innovator credited with legalizing the forward pass. The trophy awarded annually the to the best collegiate player is named for him.
- 1906 - Gertrude Ederle - American Olympic gold medalist and the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel.
- 1942 - Michael Crichton - American author whose books translated into some of the biggest movies of all time including "Jurassic Park", "Twister", "Rising Sun" and others.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
- 1855 - Kansas became the only state to have two governments as anti-slavery forces swore in a governor and legislature in competition to the fraudulently elected pro-slavery group.
- 1885 - Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania opened its doors becoming the first college in the United States to offer graduate level courses for women.
- 1962 - Following the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, the United States quarantined the Island nation to prevent a buildup of offensive weapons. So began the "Cuban Missile Crisis."
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