Lauren Elizabeth |
Sara
and Chad have chosen the name
Lauren Elizabeth
for their beautiful new daughter born at the Birth Center of River Falls Hospital.
Weight: 9 pounds and 13 ounces
Length: 21 inches
Time: 12:25 am
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009
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| Origin of the name Lauren... |
 | Latin - "Laurel". |
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October 3, 2009 - a day to remember |
| The Weather |
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The sun rose over River Falls at 7:11 am
and set at 6:47 pm
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River Falls high: 52° F
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River Falls low: 44° F
| | The nation's weather extremes were 97° recorded at Laredo, Texas and 7° at Arctic Village, Alaska
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| | In the financial world |
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The Dow Jones closed at
9487.67 | |
Wisconsin's Minimum Wage was $6.50 |
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Loaf of Bread:$ 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: 308,136,678 |
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| | Lauren Elizabeth shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
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1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi - founder of the Franciscan orders, leader of the church reform movements of the early 13th century, and Patron Saint of Italy. |
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1854 - William Crawford Gorgas - U.S. Army medical officer whose efforts led to the control malaria and yellow fever in Panama making possible the construction of the Panama Canal. |
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1951 - Kathryn Sullivan - American scientist and astronaut who became the first woman to walk in space- doing so in 1984. |
| | There have been some other notable events on this day in history |
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1863 - A national holiday was born as President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving Day. | |
1893 - J. S. Thurman of St. Louis, Missouri, received a patent for a machine that would change lifestyles around the world, the motor-driven vacuum cleaner. | |
1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. It was the leader in bringing recorded music to the world with its Victrola phonograph. |
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