Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby girl born at
Yreka, California . . .
Kaitlyn Ester
Born to
Jenna and Darin
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Kaitlyn Ester
1 04 p.m.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
19 1/2 inches
7 pounds, 7.7 ounces
Origin of the name Kaitlyn: Irish
Name's original meaning: Root: Katherine - "Pure"
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,544,187
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 7:40 a.m.
- 6:08 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 50° F
- Yreka low: 40° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 103° at Laredo, Texas
- Low: 8 at Northway, Alaska
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 9,762.69
- Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.21
- 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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- 1921 - Bill Mauldin - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who brought the lives of soldiers in World War II into focus with his characters GI Joe and Willie.
- 1891 - Fanny Brice - American actress and comedienne famous for her starring roles in the Ziegfeld Follies and as inspiration for the movie "Funny Girl."
- 1815 - Daniel Emmett - American music troupe leader and composer known for the song "Dixie" which was the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy and the South.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1863 - The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
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1796 - Captain Ebenezer Dorr recorded in the log of the ship Otter, that he had arrived off the coast of California, becoming the first American ship to sail there.
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