Gabriel Patrick |
Hailey
and Jonah have chosen the name
Gabriel Patrick
for their beautiful new son born at the Birth Center of River Falls Hospital.
Weight: 8 pounds and 9 ounces
Length: 21 1/5 inches
Time: 8:07 am
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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| Origin of the name Gabriel... |
 | Hebrew, English - God is my strength. |
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October 14, 2009 - a day to remember |
| The Weather |
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The sun rose over River Falls at 7:25 am
and set at 6:27 pm
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River Falls high: 45° F
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River Falls low: 35° F
| | The nation's weather extremes were 100° recorded at McAllen, Texas and 13° at Northway, Alaska, and Spincich Lake, Mich.
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| | In the financial world |
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The Dow Jones closed at
9885.80 | |
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: 308,180,546 |
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| | Gabriel Patrick shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
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1644 - William Penn - English religious leader who founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe. |
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1857 - Elwood Haynes - American inventor who built one of the first automobiles and claimed to have received the first traffic ticket in it. The car is exhibited at the Smithsonian as the oldest surviving American-made automobile. |
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1873 - Ray C. Ewry- American athlete who overcame polio to become the only athlete ever to win eight individual gold medals in the modern Olympic Games. |
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1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Five Star General who as supreme commander directed Allied forces to victory in World War II and who became the 34th President of the United States. |
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1947 - Chuck Yeager, aboard the rocket-powered experimental aircraft X-1, became the first human to travel faster than the speed of sound. | |
1960 - Senator John Kennedy first expressed the idea of a Peace Corps during a campaign speech to students, a year later the all volunteer corps had become a reality. |
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