Alexander Lee |
April
and Gary have chosen the name
Alexander Lee
for their beautiful new son born at the Birth Center of River Falls Hospital.
Weight: 7 pounds and 7 ounces
Length: 20 1/2 inches
Time: 8:39 pm
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009
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| Origin of the name Alexander... |
 | English, Greek - Defender of men. |
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October 4, 2009 - a day to remember |
| The Weather |
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The sun rose over River Falls at 7:12 am
and set at 6:45 pm
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River Falls high: 55° F
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River Falls low: 44° F
| | The nation's weather extremes were 97° recorded at Laredo and McAllen, Texas and 3° 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 $6.50 |
| | . . . and the prices of some big and little ticket items were | |
Loaf of Bread:$ 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: 306,444,487 |
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| | Alexander Lee shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
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1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes - Nineteenth President of the United States from 1877 to 1881. |
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1861 - Frederic Remington - American painter and sculptor whose work has given us a vivid portrayal of life in the Old West. |
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1924 - Charleton Heston - Academy Award-winning actor best known for his starring roles in epics like "Ben-Hur", "El Cid", "The Ten Commandments", and others. |
| | There have been some other notable events on this day in history |
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1881 - Edward Leveaux of Sussex, England, received a patent for the first fully automatic player piano. | |
1957 - The Soviet Union stunned the world and began the space race by successfully launching the first man-made satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth. |
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