Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Aeva Sue
Born to
Veronica and Daniel
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Aeva Sue
3:11 p.m.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
20 inches
7 pounds, 7 ounces
Origin of the name Aeva: Greek
Name's original meaning: "Life"
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,376,691
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:53 a.m.
- 7:16 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 86° F
- Yreka low: 59° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 118° at Death Valley, California
- Low: 30 at Eagle, Alaska
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,791.71
- Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.34
- 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 - Edgar Mitchell - American astronaut, member of the Apollo 14 crew and one of just a handful of people to set foot on the moon.
- 1923 - Hank Williams, Sr. - Legendary singer-songwriter whose songs "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Honky Tonkin'" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" are American country music classics.
- 1900 - John Willard Marriott - American businessman who founded and built one of the country's most prominent hotel chains, which bears his name.
- 1854 - David Dunbar Buick - Automotive pioneer who founded the Buick Manufacturing Company in 1902 and whose innovations included the valve-in-head engine and the windshield
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1911 - Pilot Calbraith Perry Rodgers flew his biplane out of Sheepshead Bay, New York, on what would become the first successful transcontinental airplane flight. Actual flight time for the 3,400 mile journey was just over 82 hours, but the trip took 49 days.
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1787 - A nation unlike any other was born as the Constitution of the United States of America was signed this day by delegates from twelve states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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