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Bailee Paige

Theresa and Joshua have chosen the name Bailee Paige for their beautiful new daughter born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

7 00 a.m.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
20 3/4 inches
8 pounds, 2.9 ounces
Origin of the name Bailee: English
Name's original meaning: "Bailiff"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1922 - Dr. Christiaan Barnard - South African surgical pioneer who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1967.
1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker - Fighter pilot, industrialist, and the most celebrated American air ace of World War I having won 26 air victories in Europe.
1869 - J. Frank Duryea- Inventor who, with brother Charles, of one of the first automobiles and the first to be built and operated in the United States - in September, 1893.
1846 - Elbert Henry Gary - American lawyer and first chairman and CEO of U.S. Steel who introduced employee stock ownership, profit sharing and safe working conditions.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1956 - New York Yankee pitcher Donald Larsen, recorded the first ever perfect world series game, no hits, no runs and no walks in a 2 - 1 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1890 - In one of history's most incredible solo military actions, U.S. Army foot-soldier Alvin York single-handedly took out a German machine gun emplacement, killed 25 enemy soldiers and captured 132.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,460,439

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:7:12 a.m.
Sunset:6:31 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
69° F
The Dalles low:
43° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 101° at Laredo, Texas
Low: 7 at Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,725.58

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