Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Isadora Elizabeth
Born to
Cassandra and Justin
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Isadora Elizabeth
8:26 a.m.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
18 inches
5 pounds, 15 ounces
Origin of the name Isadora: Latin
Name's original meaning: "Gift of Isis"
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,205,207
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:09 a.m.
- 8:23 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 88° F
- Yreka low: 50° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: ° at
- Low: at
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,320.19
- 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: $21,700.00
- Average new home: $255,000.00
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Other interesting people born on this date:
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- 1930 - Neil Armstrong - American astronaut who at 10:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, July 20, 1969, became the first person to set foot on the moon.
- 1906 - John Huston - Academy Award-winning director of some of Hollywood's classic movies including "Treasure of Sierra Madre", "The Maltese Falcon" and "The African Queen."
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1923 - Henry Sullivan became the first American to successfully complete the swim across the English Channel.
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1914 - The intersection Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, became the first intersection in the country to be equipped with electric traffic lights.
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1862 - America's first income tax was passed by Congress. It called for a 3% tax on incomes exceeding $800 a year and was used to help finance the Union's Civil War effort.
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