The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 5:34 am
and set at 8:56 pm
Local high: 63° F
Local low: 53° F
The nation's weather extremes were
106° recorded at Pecos, Texas
and 20° at Bryce Canyon, Utah
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
8763.13
Minimum Wage was $8.40
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
Average New Home: $192,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.77
Populations:
Florence, Oregon: 6,000
U.S. Population: 288,519,323 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "Up"
Rylee Ashton shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1755 - Nathan Hale - American patriot & Revolutionary War hero remembered for his statement, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
1756 - John Trumbull - American artist whose famous historical paintings include "The Battle of Bunker Hill", "The Surrender of Cornwallis" and "The Declaration of Independence."
1872 - Alexandra - Wife of Emperor Nicholas III of Russia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the last Empress of Russia. Overthrown during the Russian revolution of 1917.
1935 - Dalai Lama - Tibetan spiritual leader, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and exiled head of the Tibetan government since 1959 when the Chinese drove him from his homeland.
1956 - Bjorn Borg - Swedish athlete and one of the greatest Tennis stars of all time. He won Wimbledon five consecutive times and recorded six French Open championships.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1932 - Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1932 which placed a penny per gallon tax on gasoline.
1933 - The first drive-in movie theater in the country opened in Camden, New Jersey.
1944 - 156,000 English and American soldiers landed at Normandy, France, on what is known as D-Day. It was a giant step toward taking Europe back from the Nazis and ending World War II.
1986 - Goerge Habra and Frank Samuelson departed New York City in their 18' 4" rowboat. Sixty-two days later they put in at La Havre, France, completing the first recorded rowed crossing of the Atlantic.
Happy Birthday
Rylee
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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