The Weather:
The sun rose over Florence at 7:11 am
and set at 7:02 pm
Local high: 64° F
Local low: 48° F
Precipitation: 0.04 inches
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
9789.36
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: 288,973,955 Noah Nicholas shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1839 - Frances Willard - American political activist who founded the WTCU (World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union) in 1883, one of the forces that resulted in alcohol prohibition during the 1920's.
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin - Leader of the kindergarten education movement in the United States and author of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."
1909 - Al Capp - Cartoonist whose newspaper comic strip, "Li'l Abner", with characters Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum, Li'l Abner and others, delighted readers from 1934 through 1977.
1954 - Steve Largent - Outstanding pro-football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks who set records for most consecutive games with a reception, most yards on receptions and others. Later a U.S. Congressman.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1542 - Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay, the first European landing on the Pacific Coast and the first exploration of what is now California.
1781 - Some 16,000 Colonial and French troops began the siege of Yorktown, the action that would result in the British surrender and the end to the American War of Independence.
1910 - Optometry classes were offered for the first time in America with the introduction of a two-year course in the field at Columbia University in New York City.
Happy Birthday
Noah
from your friends at
Peace Harbor Hospital.
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