Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Uriha Elizabeth Roland
Born to
Larissa and Robert
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Uriha Elizabeth Roland
9:19 a.m.
Monday, September 21, 2009
19 inches
6 pounds, 12 ounces
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,392,643
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:57 a.m.
- 7:09 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 88° F
- Yreka low: 45° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 118° at Death Valley, California
- Low: 30 at Eagle, Alaska
- 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: $3.35
- 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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- 1947 - Stephen King - 20th Century master of the macabre. One of the most popular and prolific authors of his time who wrote dozens of horror novels, stories and screenplays.
- 1912 - Chuck Jones - Cartoonist and animation director for Warner Brothers who created some of the best cartoon characters of the 20th century, including, "The Road Runner"," Pepe Le Pew" and "Wiley Coyote".
- 1866 - H. G. Wells - English novelist, journalist and historian. He is best known for his science fiction classics, "The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds".
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1981 - By a 99 to 0 vote the Senate confirmed Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She was the first woman to attain that position.
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1965 - Thirty-seven year old Ted Erikson of Chicago became the first American to swim the English Channel roundtrip, completing the feat in a total of 30 hours and 3 minutes.
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1784 - Issue number one of "The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser" was published in Philadelphia, it was the first daily paper in America.
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