The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 5:34 am
and set at 8:57 pm
Local high: 59° F
Local low: 51° F
Precipitation: 0.01 inches
The nation's weather extremes were
101° recorded at Wink, Texas
and 25° at Olney, Mont.
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: $3.00
Populations:
Florence, Oregon: 6,000
U.S. Population: 288,527,299 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Hangover"
Mackenzie Jo Love shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1869 - Frank Lloyd Wright - The defining genius of American architecture. His credits include the Guggenheim Museum, nearly 400 other major buildings and the "Prairie school" of architecture.
1925 - Barbara Bush - Wife of 41st President George Bush and one of the most esteemed First Ladies in American history.
1963 - Johnny Depp - Popular American actor known for roles as unconventional characters in movies "Don Juan DeMarco", "Edward Scissorhands", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and others.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1786 - Ice cream made for commercial sale became available for the first time in New York City.
1869 - Ives W. McGaffey received a patent for the sweeping machine, the first suction vacuum cleaner.
1959 - John Earl Rudder was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps becoming the first African-American to wear the Corps officer's ensignia.
Happy Birthday
Mackenzie
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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