Agnes Therese |
Stephanie
and Steve have chosen the name
Agnes Therese
for their beautiful new daughter born at the Birth Center of River Falls Hospital.
Weight: 6 pounds and 11 ounces
Length: 19 inches
Time: 2:38 pm
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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| Origin of the name Agnes... |
 | Greek - "Pure". |
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August 12, 2009 - a day to remember |
| The Weather |
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The sun rose over River Falls at 6:09 am
and set at 8:21 pm
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River Falls high: 88° F
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River Falls low: 63° F
| | The nation's weather extremes were 113° recorded at Bullhead City, Ariz. and 27° at McKinley Park, Alaska
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| | In the financial world |
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The Dow Jones closed at
9241.45 | |
Wisconsin's Minimum Wage was $6.50 |
| | . . . and the prices of some big and little ticket items were | |
Loaf of Bread:$ 2.49 | |
Gallon of Milk: $ 3.85 | |
First Class Stamp: $0.44 | |
Average New Home: $169,000.00 | |
New Car: $21,750.00 |
| | Populations: |
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River Falls : 12,650 | |
U.S. Population: 306,233,123 |
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| | Agnes Therese shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
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1859 - Katherine Lee Bates - Professor of English literature at Wellesley and composer of "America the Beautiful". She wrote the first draft of the song while at the summit of Pikes Peak in 1893. |
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1881 - Cecil B. DeMille - Hollywood film producer and director known for immense undertakings and successes such as "The Ten Commandments", "The Greatest Show On Earth" and many more. |
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1911 - Cantinflas - (Mario Moreno) - Mexican comedic actor who won an Oscar for his role in "Around the World in 80 Days" and was the best-known, most appreciated Latin-American film star of the 20th Century. |
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1971 - Pete Sampras - American tennis champion who won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open championships multiple times. |
| | There have been some other notable events on this day in history |
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1851 - Isaac Singer of New York City received a patent for the double-treadle sewing machine. | |
1865 - British scientist Joseph Lister became the first physician to use disinfectant during surgery, a process that led to a two third reduction in surgical mortality even during the early years of experimentation. | |
1918 - Regular air mail service began between New York City and Washington, DC. | |
1964 - Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle set a new baseball record by hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the tenth time. |
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