Eve Opal |
Alice
and Chris have chosen the name
Eve Opal
for their beautiful new daughter born at the Birth Center of River Falls Hospital.
Weight: 8 pounds and 2 ounces
Length: 20 1/2 inches
Time: 7:46 am
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
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| Origin of the name Eve... |
 | Hebrew - "Life". |
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October 25, 2009 - a day to remember |
| The Weather |
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The sun rose over River Falls at 7:40 am
and set at 6:09 pm
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River Falls high: 48° F
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River Falls low: 44° F
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| | In the financial world |
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The Dow Jones closed at
9972.18 | |
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: 308,224,414 |
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| Eve Opal shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
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1825 - Johann Strauss - Austrian composer known as "The Waltz King" for compositions such as "The Blue Danube", "Emperor Waltz" and many more. |
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1881 - Pablo Picasso - Famed Spanish artist who created the artistic genre of cubism and who was the major contributor to the development of modern art during the 20th century. |
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1888 - Richard Byrd - American Navy officer and pioneer aviator best known for his explorations of Antarctica using airplanes. |
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| There have been some other notable events on this day in history |
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1940 - Benjamin Oliver Davis put on the stars of a brigadier general becoming the first American of African ancestry to achieve the rank of general in the U.S. Army. | |
1960 - The Accutron, the world's first electronic watch, was unveiled by the Bulova Watch Company this day. |
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