The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 5:34 am
and set at 9:03 pm
Local high: 64° F
Local low: 46° F
The nation's weather extremes were
113° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 24° at Stanley, idaho
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
8322.91
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: 288,587,119 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Proposal"
Brandon James shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1894 - Edward VIII - The King of Great Britain who became the only British Royal to give up the throne when he abdicated to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1940 - Wilma Rudolph - American athlete who overcame difficulties walking as a child to become the first American woman to win three Olympic track and field gold medals in a single Olympics.
1948 - Clarence Thomas - Second African-American to become a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1836 - The Congress voted to return a federal surplus totaling some $28 million to the then 26 member states of the Union.
1860 - The Secret Service was created by Congress for the purpose of protecting U.S. currency against counterfeiting.
1888 - Frederick Douglass was one of several candidates whose names had been placed in nomination for President at the Republican Convention. He was the first American of African ancestry to be so honored.
1931 - Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off on a round-the-world airplane flight that took only eight days.
Happy Birthday
Brandon
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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