The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 6:50 am
and set at 7:35 pm
Local high: 75° F
Local low: 55° F
The nation's weather extremes were
118° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 30° at Eagle, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9547.22
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: $2.77
Populations:
Florence, Oregon: 6,000
U.S. Population: 288,902,171 Angel shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1839 - Isaac Funk - American journalist, religious leader and publisher of the authoritative Funk and Wagnalls, "Standard Dictionary of the English Language".
1929 - Arnold Palmer - Professional golfer, who played a key role in popularizing the sport of golf. He won seven major titles including four Master's Championships.
1934 - Roger Maris - NY Yankees slugger whose record of 61 home runs in a season remained unattainable to other players for 37 years.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1813 - The U.S. Navy scored the first-ever naval victory over the British, defeating a squadron of six British warships in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Spencer, Massachusetts, received a patent for the sewing machine, starting a revolution in the garment industry that would increase productivity, improve quality and lower prices.
1913 - Work was completed on the final stretch of the 3,300 mile Lincoln Highway, America's first paved highway coast-to-coast.
Happy Birthday
Angel
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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