Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby boy born at
Yreka, California . . .
Caleb James
Born to
Mollie and Adam
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Caleb James
6:12 p.m.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
17 1/2 inches
6 pounds, 5.2 ounces
Origin of the name Caleb: Hebrew
Name's original meaning: The bold one.
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,348,775
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:46 a.m.
- 7:28 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 95° F
- Yreka low: 48° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 118° at Death Valley, California
- Low: 30 at Eagle, Alaska
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,627.48
- Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.29
- 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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- 1934 - Roger Maris - NY Yankees slugger whose record of 61 home runs in a season remained unattainable to other players for 37 years.
- 1929 - Arnold Palmer - Professional golfer, who played a key role in popularizing the sport of golf. He won seven major titles including four Master's Championships.
- 1839 - Isaac Funk - American journalist, religious leader and publisher of the authoritative Funk and Wagnalls, "Standard Dictionary of the English Language".
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1913 - Work was completed on the final stretch of the 3,300 mile Lincoln Highway, America's first paved highway coast-to-coast.
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1846 - Elias Howe of Spencer, Massachusetts, received a patent for the sewing machine, starting a revolution in the garment industry that would increase productivity, improve quality and lower prices.
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1813 - The U.S. Navy scored the first-ever naval victory over the British, defeating a squadron of six British warships in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
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