Lucy and Travis have chosen the name Aiden Thomas for their beautiful new boy born at Benefis Hospitals.

Aiden
Names Origin: Irish, Gaeilic
Name's original meaning: Alternative of Aidan - "Fire"

Weight: 8 pounds, 7 ounces ounces
Length: 20 3/4 inches
Time: 5:11 p.m.
Date: Friday, November 6, 2009

Delivered by: Thomas C. Key, M.D.
Baby's doctor: Nora E. Gerrity, MD

Friday, November 6, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 6:52 a.m. a.m.
• 4:58 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 58° F
• Great Falls low: 37° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: 91° F at Canadian, Texas
• Low: -10° F at Anaktuvuk Pass and Bettles, Alaska

• 10,005.96

Your dollar's worth

• Loaf of bread: $2.49
• Gallon of milk: $3.85
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.50
• First-class stamp: $0.44
• New car: $21,750.00
• Average new home: $155,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

• 1892 - John William Alcock - British aviator, who with Arthur Brown, made the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1919, eight years before Lindbergh's famous solo flight.
• 1861 - James Naismith - Canadian-American physical-education director who, in 1891, invented the game of basketball.
• 1854 - John Philip Sousa - American composer known as "The March King" for military marches "Stars and Stripes Forever", "Semper Fidelis", and many others.
• 1851 - Charles Henry Dow - American journalist and inventor who developed the system of stock market analysis that has become the Dow Jones stock averages.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1928 - Jacob Schick received a patent for the first electric razor.
• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th President of the United States.