The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 5:34 am
and set at 9:03 pm
Local high: 63° F
Local low: 48° F
Precipitation: 0.04 inches
The nation's weather extremes were
107° recorded at Bullhead City, Ariz.
and 28° at St. Paul Island, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
8539.73
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: 288,579,143 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Proposal"
Jonathin Matthews shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1731 - Martha Washington - The first First Lady of the United States.
1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins - Vice President of the United States in the Administration of President James Monroe.
1832 - Joseph Hayne Rainey - African-American slave who rose to become the first black to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served from 1870 to 1879 as a member from South Carolina.
1982 - Prince William of Wales - Oldest son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana and heir to the throne of Great Britain behind his father.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1788 - With their ratification of the Constitution, New Hampshire became the ninth state admitted to the Union.
1834 - Cyrus McCormick patented a machine that would have far-reaching affects on mankind, the first practical grain reaper, which expanded farmers' ability to harvest crops far beyond their previous capacities.
1970 - Detroit Tiger shortstop Cesar Dario Gutierrez set an amazing record, hitting safely seven consecutive times in a single major league baseball game.
Happy Birthday
Jonathin
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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