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Luke Emerson

Natalie and Joshua have chosen the name Luke Emerson for their beautiful new son born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

2:28 a.m.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
21 1/4 inches
7 pounds, 9.8 ounces
Origin of the name Luke: Latin
Name's original meaning: "Bringer of light"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1962 - Jerry Rice - San Francisco '49er wide receiver, record holder for most touchdowns, and arguably the best football player of all time.
1925 - Margaret Thatcher - "The Iron Lady" She was the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain and the most powerful woman of the 20th Century.
1754 - Molly Pitcher - An American Revolutionary War hero, honored for bravery at the battle of Monmouth where she carried water to injured colonial fighters and replaced her exhausted husband manning a cannon.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1792 - The cornerstone for the first federal building in Washington, D.C., the White House, was laid. The executive mansion would be first inhabited eight years later by President John Adams.
1775 - The U.S. Navy was born as the second Continental Congress authorized a newly formed marine committee to acquire ships and control naval affairs.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,480,379

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:7:19 a.m.
Sunset:6:22 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
43° F
The Dalles low:
33° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 96° at Edinburg and McAllen, Texas
Low: 13 at Hibbing, Minn.

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,885.80

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