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Announcing the arrival of a beautiful new baby boy born at
Yreka, California . . .

Braydon Micheal

Born to Hope and Travis
Braydon Micheal
12 03 p.m.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
19 3/4 inches
7 pounds, 11 ounces

Origin of the name Braydon: Old English
Name's original meaning: "Wide valley"
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This day in history
Population:
Yreka: 7,550
U.S. population: 306,440,499
Sunrise and sunset:
7:10 a.m.
6:48 p.m.
Local weather:
Yreka high: 55° F
Yreka low: 35° F
The nation's weather extremes:
High: 97° at Laredo, Texas
Low: 7 at Arctic Village, Alaska
The day's Dow Jones close:
9,487.67
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $3.31
First-class stamp: $0.44
New car: $21,700.00
Average new home: $255,000.00
Other interesting people born on this date:
1951 - Kathryn Sullivan - American scientist and astronaut who became the first woman to walk in space- doing so in 1984.
1854 - William Crawford Gorgas - U.S. Army medical officer whose efforts led to the control malaria and yellow fever in Panama making possible the construction of the Panama Canal.
1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi - founder of the Franciscan orders, leader of the church reform movements of the early 13th century, and Patron Saint of Italy.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. It was the leader in bringing recorded music to the world with its Victrola phonograph.
1893 - J. S. Thurman of St. Louis, Missouri, received a patent for a machine that would change lifestyles around the world, the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
1863 - A national holiday was born as President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving Day.