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Riley Marie

Shilo and Tyson have chosen the name Riley Marie for their beautiful new daughter born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

12:57 p.m.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
19 inches
6 pounds, 13 ounces
Origin of the name Riley: Irish
Name's original meaning: Valiant

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1943 - Lech Walesa - Activist who led Poland's first independent trade union and became the first directly elected president of Poland upon the overthrow of the dictatorship in his country.
1925 - Paul MacCready - American who led the effort that resulted in the successful construction of both the first man- and solar-powered aircraft capable of sustained flight.
1907 - Gene Autry - "The Singing Cowboy". He was the star of more than a hundred western movies, singer of the megahit, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and owner of the California Angels baseball team.
1787 - Catherine McAuley - Irish founder of the Religious Sisters of Mercy whose legacy includes the good works of the Sisters of the order and hundreds of Mercy Hospitals worldwide.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1988 - Stacy Allison became the first American woman to successfully ascend to the summit of the world's highest peak, 29,028-foot Mount Everest.
1892 - Mansfield, Pennsylvania, hosted the first night football game featuring 20 electric lights.
1789 - Josiah Harmar took charge as the Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. George Washington actually was the fifth Commander-in-chief.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,424,547

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:7:01 a.m.
Sunset:6:48 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
63° F
The Dalles low:
43° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 118° at Death Valley, California
Low: 30 at Eagle, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,789.36

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.92
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00