Announcing the arrival of
a beautiful new baby boy born at
Yreka, California . . .
Rudy Elijah
Born to
Maria and Matthew
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Rudy Elijah
6:27 p.m.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
19 3/4 inches
7 pounds, 13.9 ounces
Origin of the name Rudy: English, German
Name's original meaning: "Famous wolf"
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This day
in history
- Population:
- Yreka: 7,550
- U.S. population: 306,568,115
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:47 a.m.
- 5:01 p.m.
- Local weather:
- Yreka high: 76° F
- Yreka low: 27° F
- The nation's weather extremes:
- High: 97° at Mesa, Ariz.
- Low: -29 at Arctic Village, Alaska
- The day's Dow Jones close:
- 0.00
- Your dollar's worth
- Loaf of bread: $2.49
- Gallon of milk: $3.85
- Gallon of gasoline: $3.20
- 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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- 1879 - Will Rogers - One of America's best loved entertainers of the 20th Century known for his down-home humor and the creed he lived by: "I never met a man I didn't like."
- 1842 - William Cushing - Union Navy officer who gained an aura of invulnerability as he successfully accomplished four years of daring exploits during the Civil War.
- 1732 - Thomas Johnson - American patriot, first governor of Maryland, and Supreme Court Justice. He voted for the Declaration of Independence and nominated George Washington to be Commander in Chief.
- Other notable events
on this day in history:
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1939 - Packard unveiled the first air conditioned car at the Chicago, Illinois, automobile show.
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1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross won the election to succeed her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first woman to be elected a state's governor in America.
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1922 - Egyptologist Howard Carter uncovered the greatest find in the annals of Egyptian archeology, the 3,000 year old tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
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1879 - James Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, received a patent on the first cash register, a machine he designed to reduce stealing by bartenders in his saloon.
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