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Kira Leigh


Announcing the arrival of a beautiful new baby girl born at Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg, Oregon . . .

Kira Leigh

Born to Kristy and Erik
Kira Leigh

9:21 a.m.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
20 3/4 inches
6 pounds, 13 ounces

Delivery Doctor: Cherie Hinshaw, CNM
Delivery Nurse: Mary, RN

Origin of the name Kira: Latin, Persian
Name's original meaning: Light; Sun

This day in history

Population:
Roseburg: 20,995
U.S. population: 306,544,187
Sunrise and sunset:
7:45 a.m.
6:09 p.m.
Local weather:
Roseburg high: 54° F
Roseburg low: 44° F
The nation's weather extremes:
High: 103° at Laredo, Texas
Low: 8 at Northway, Alaska
The day's Dow Jones close:
9,762.69
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $2.70
First-class stamp: $0.44
New car: $21,750.00
Average new home: $201,000.00
Other interesting people born on this date:
1921 - Bill Mauldin - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who brought the lives of soldiers in World War II into focus with his characters GI Joe and Willie.
1891 - Fanny Brice - American actress and comedienne famous for her starring roles in the Ziegfeld Follies and as inspiration for the movie "Funny Girl."
1815 - Daniel Emmett - American music troupe leader and composer known for the song "Dixie" which was the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy and the South.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1863 - The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
1796 - Captain Ebenezer Dorr recorded in the log of the ship Otter, that he had arrived off the coast of California, becoming the first American ship to sail there.

 

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