Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Olivia Jean
Born to
Amber and William
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Olivia Jean
5:36 p.m.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
19 3/4 inches
8 pounds, 1 ounce
Origin of the name Olivia: Latin, Greek
Name's original meaning: From the olive branch - "Symbol of Peace."
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,360,739
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:49 a.m.
- 7:23 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 80° F
- Yreka low: 55° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: ° at
- Low: at
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,605.41
- 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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- 1916 - Roald Dahl - British author of a wide variety of books and screenplays including, "The Gremlins", "James and the Giant Peach", "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".
- 1860 - Walter Reed - U.S. Army physician and scientist who saved countless lives by proving that yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
- 1857 - Milton Hershey - American entrepreneur who developed the first milk chocolate candy bar, founded the Hershey Chocolate Company and built the city of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
- 1766 - Samuel Wilson - American businessman remembered as the original "Uncle Sam" because of his policy of stamping "U.S." on barrels of meat sold to the army during the War of 1812.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1898 - The visual recording of events made a giant leap forward with the granting of a patent to Rev. Hannibal Goodwin of Newark, New Jersey, for his creation, Camera Film.
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1788 - A form of government the world had not seen before became a reality as the Constitutional Convention authorized the election of the President and Vice-President of the United States.
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