The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 5:34 am
and set at 9:03 pm
Local high: 64° F
Local low: 45° F
The nation's weather extremes were
109° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 27° at Bryce Canyon, Utah
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: 288,583,131 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Proposal"
Jude M shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1757 - George Vancouver - British naval officer and explorer who performed one of the earliest and most successful surveys of the waters and coastlands of the Pacific Northwest.
1910 - Katherine Dunham - Dancer, choreographer and anthropologist who was instrumental in changing the status of the black dancer from entertainer to artist.
1910 - Katherine Dunham - Dancer, choreographer and anthropologist who was instrumental in changing the status of the black dancer from entertainer to artist.
1949 - Meryl Streep - Academy Award winner and one of the best film actresses of her generation. She is known for outstanding performances in "Sophie's Choice", "Kramer vs. Kramer" and many others.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1870 - By an act of Congress the U.S. Department of Justice was created.
1959 - Eddie Lubanski set an amazing record, rolling 24 strikes in a row to bowl perfect back-to-back 300 games at a tournament in Miami.
1970 - President Nixon signed a bill lowering the voting age to 18 in federal elections.
Happy Birthday
Jude
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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