Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby boy born at
Yreka, California . . .
Braydon Micheal
Born to
Hope and Travis
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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
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Other interesting people born on this date:
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- 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:
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1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. It was the leader in bringing recorded music to the world with its Victrola phonograph.
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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.
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1863 - A national holiday was born as President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving Day.
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