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Diego

Araceli and Miguel Angel have chosen the name Diego for their beautiful new son born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

12:54 a.m.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
20 inches
7 pounds, 8.7 ounces
Origin of the name Diego: Spanish
Name's original meaning: Supplanter

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1922 - Leonard Baskin - American Artist and founder of limited print production house, Gehanna Press.
1888 - T. E. Lawrence - Welsh author and military strategists famous for his war exploits in the Middle East during World War I and on whom the story of "Lawrence of Arabia" is based.
1769 - Napolean Bonaparte - Twice emperor of France who led his armies in wars throughout Europe for over a decade and became one of history's most fascinating characters.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1960 - Joseph Kittinger set a world record for free-fall sky-diving, falling some 85,000 feet before opening his parachute above New Mexico.
1947 - Following years of efforts by Mhatma Gandhi and others, India won independence from Great Britain.
1914 - One of the world's engineering marvels, the 51 mile long Panama Canal, opened to ship traffic saving transoceanic shippers 8,000 miles of travel around the foot of South America and billions of dollars in shipping costs.
1620 - The 90 foot-long ship, Mayflower, departed Southampton, England, for Plymouth, Massachusetts, carrying the first 102 people to settle in the New England territory.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,245,087

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:6:06 a.m.
Sunset:8:12 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
73° F
The Dalles low:
59° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 114° at Bullhead City, Ariz.
Low: 24 at Stanley, Idaho

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,321.40

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.84
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00