The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 5:59 am
and set at 8:47 pm
Local high: 63° F
Local low: 54° F
The nation's weather extremes were
122° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 33° at Barrow, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9093.24
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: 288,718,723 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "G-Force"
Sahara Ann shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1739 - George Clinton - Revolutionary war soldier, 21 year Governor of New York and twice Vice President of the United States.
1856 - George Bernard Shaw - Award winning Irish comic dramatist, best known for penning the play "Pygmalion", from which the classic musical "My Fair Lady" was derived.
1906 - Gracie Allen - Female partner of the comedy team of George Burns and Gracie Allen, the most popular husband/wife comedy act of the 20th Century.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1775 - The second Continental Congress established the country's first postal system and Benjamin Franklin was named Postmaster General.
1908 - John J. Hayes won the Olympic Marathon in a time of 2 hours, 55 minutes and 18.4 seconds, becoming the first American athlete to win the gold in that event.
Happy Birthday
Sahara
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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