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Ryan Donald

Tegan and Chris have chosen the name Ryan Donald for their beautiful new son born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

8:42 p.m.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
20 inches
7 pounds, 10.3 ounces
Origin of the name Ryan: English, Irish
Name's original meaning: possibly from Little King

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1923 - Mort Walker - American cartoonist who created two very popular, long-running newspaper comic stripsm "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois".
1875 - Ferdinand Porsche - Austrian automobile designer responsible for the first Volkswagen, as well as many classic sports cars.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1935 - British speed king, Sir Malcolm Campbell, set a new land speed record, completing two one-mile runs at the Bonneville salt flats with an average speed of 301 miles per hour.
1888 - George Eastman of Rochester, New York, received a patent for the first camera to use rolled film, a fixed focus box camera called the "Kodak No. 1."
1777 - The American flag was flown in battle for the first time, this during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland.
1189 - Famed British Royal, Richard the Lionheart, was coronated King of England at Westminster Abbey in London.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,320,859

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:6:29 a.m.
Sunset:7:38 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
81° F
The Dalles low:
63° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: ° at
Low: at

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,344.61

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.93
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00