Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Morgan Elizabeth
Born to
Shannon and Joseph
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Morgan Elizabeth
4:57 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
19 3/4 inches
8 pounds, 5 ounces
Origin of the name Morgan: Welsh
Name's original meaning: Great, Bright
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,384,667
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:55 a.m.
- 7:12 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 86° F
- Yreka low: 58° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: ° at
- Low: at
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,820.20
- 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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- 1936 - Al Oerter - Amazing American athlete who won Gold Medals in four consecutive Olympic games for the discus throw - those in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968.
- 1851 - Baron Leverhulme - British entrepreneur who transformed a small soapworks into the international conglomerate of hundreds of companies known today as Lever Brothers.
- 1839 - George Cadbury - English businessman who with his brother, Richard, built the Cadbury Brothers cocoa and chocolate manufacturing firm; famous today for Cadbury Eggs at Easter time.
- 1737 - Charles Carroll - American lawyer, representative to the Continental Congress, U.S. Senator and longest surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. He lived until 1832.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1928 - Walt Disney's creation, Mickey Mouse, starred in the first animated cartoon with sound, "Steamboat Willie."
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