Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby boy born at
Yreka, California . . .
Markus Dontea
Born to
Julie and Markus
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Markus Dontea
4 04 p.m.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
18 1/2 inches
6 pounds, 15 ounces
Origin of the name Markus: Latin
Name's original meaning: "Martial"
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,528,235
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 7:35 a.m.
- 6:14 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 68° F
- Yreka low: 29° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: ° at
- Low: at
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,972.18
- Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.29
- 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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- 1888 - Richard Byrd - American Navy officer and pioneer aviator best known for his explorations of Antarctica using airplanes.
- 1881 - Pablo Picasso - Famed Spanish artist who created the artistic genre of cubism and who was the major contributor to the development of modern art during the 20th century.
- 1825 - Johann Strauss - Austrian composer known as "The Waltz King" for compositions such as "The Blue Danube", "Emperor Waltz" and many more.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1960 - The Accutron, the world's first electronic watch, was unveiled by the Bulova Watch Company this day.
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1940 - Benjamin Oliver Davis put on the stars of a brigadier general becoming the first American of African ancestry to achieve the rank of general in the U.S. Army.
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