Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Hailey Renea
Born to
Rachelle and Shephen
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Hailey Renea
8:32 p.m.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
20 1/4 inches
8 pounds, 7.5 ounces
Origin of the name Hailey: English
Name's original meaning: "Meadow."
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,201,219
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:08 a.m.
- 8:25 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 90° F
- Yreka low: 53° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 117° at Death Valley, California
- Low: 33 at Eagle, Alaska
- 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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- 1961 - Barak Obama - Rising from obscurity to the pinnacle of political success in only a decade, Obama was inaugurated 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009, becoming the first President of African ancestry.
- 1912 - Raoul Wallenberg - Swedish businessman, diplomat and humanitarian credited with saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis during World War II and the second person (after Winston Churchill) to be awarded honorary U.S. Citizenship.
- 1901 - Louis Armstrong - "Satchmo" - Multi-award winning jazz musician and probably the greatest trumpet player of all-time.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1956 - Wilhelm Herz set a land speed record and became the first person to ride a motorcycle over 200 mph. He was clocked at 210 on the salt flats at Wendover, Utah.
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1790 - The U.S. Coast Guard, known then as the "Revenue Cutter Service", was organized by an act of Congress.
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