The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 5:32 am
and set at 8:49 pm
Local high: 61° F
Local low: 44° F
The nation's weather extremes were
121° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 26° at Whitefield, New Hampshire
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
10990.41
Minimum Wage was $6.50
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $1.59
Gallon of Milk: $2.89
Average New Home: $133,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $1.42
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 276,846,447 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "Pearl Harbor"
The highest rated TV show was: "Law & Order" - NBC
Tucker McLellan shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1801 - Brigham Young - Second president of the Mormon Church who led thousands of followers to settle much of what is now Utah, as well as more than 300 towns in California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming.
1849 - Francis Edgar Stanley - American inventor and automobile manufacturer who, with his brother, built the famous Stanley Steamer. It was the world's fastest car which made a run at 127 mph in 1906.
1926 - Marilyn Monroe - Popular and beautiful American actress who starred in light comedy films during the 1950s, including "Gentleman Prefer Blondes", "The Seven-Year Itch" and "Some Like It Hot".
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state admitted to the Union.
1938 - The world was introduced to the first super hero, Superman, with the publication of "Action Comics'" issue number one.
1957 - Dow Bowden became the first American to break the four-minute mile turning in a time of 3 minutes 58.7 seconds.
Happy Birthday
Tucker
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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