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Abbygail Bailey

Natasha and Richard have chosen the name Abbygail Bailey for their beautiful new daughter born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

7:20 p.m.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
20 inches
6 pounds, 13 ounces
Origin of the name Abbygail: Hebrew
Name's original meaning: "My father is joyful"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1930 - Neil Armstrong - American astronaut who at 10:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, July 20, 1969, became the first person to set foot on the moon.
1906 - John Huston - Academy Award-winning director of some of Hollywood's classic movies including "Treasure of Sierra Madre", "The Maltese Falcon" and "The African Queen."

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1923 - Henry Sullivan became the first American to successfully complete the swim across the English Channel.
1914 - The intersection Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, became the first intersection in the country to be equipped with electric traffic lights.
1862 - America's first income tax was passed by Congress. It called for a 3% tax on incomes exceeding $800 a year and was used to help finance the Union's Civil War effort.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,205,207

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:5:54 a.m.
Sunset:8:27 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
88° F
The Dalles low:
66° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: ° at
Low: at

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,280.97

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.80
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00