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Fernando Isaiah

Alexis and Fernando have chosen the name Fernando Isaiah for their beautiful new son born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

6:30 a.m.
Monday, October 5, 2009
20 inches
8 pounds, 6 ounces
Origin of the name Fernando: Spanish
Name's original meaning: "Daring", "Adventurous"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1929 - Richard Gordon, Jr. - American astronaut who piloted the Command Module during Apollo 12, the second flight to land humans on the moon.
1902 - Ray Kroc - American entrepreneur who built the McDonald's fast food empire.
1882 - Robert Goddard - American Physicist and the "Father of Modern Rocketry" who achieved the first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.
1830 - Chester A. Arthur - Twenty-first President of the United States from 1881-1885.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1970 - David Kunst completed a 14,450 mile walk across four continents that encircled the globe. It was the first verified walk around the world.
1953 - The New York Yankees clinched the World Series becoming the first baseball team to ever win five consecutive World Championships.
1947 - President Harry Truman became the first President to address the nation via television, asking citizens to help the starving in Euorope by abstaining from eating meat and poultry one day a week.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,448,475

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:7:08 a.m.
Sunset:6:37 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
68° F
The Dalles low:
43° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 101° at Laredo, Texas
Low: 7 at Arctic Village, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,487.67

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.90
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00