The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 5:29 am
and set at 8:59 pm
Local high: 71° F
Local low: 54° F
The nation's weather extremes were
115° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 29° at West Yellowstone, Mont.
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
8555.60
Minimum Wage was $8.40
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
Average New Home: $239,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.80
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 288,571,167 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Hangover"
Ruby shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1897 - Moe Howard - Comedic actor and on-stage ringleader of the timeless slapstick comedy team of the Three Stooges.
1903 - Lou Gehrig - The "Iron Man of Baseball", Gehrig played in 2130 consecutive games for the New York Yankees, a record that stood for more than 45 years.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1846 - The New York Baseball Club defeated the Knickerbocker Club, 23 to 1, in what was the first organized baseball game in history.
1905 - The first movie theater, the Nickelodeon, opened in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
1910 - The YMCA and the Ministerial Association of Spokane, Washington, sponsored the first Father's Day celebration.
1977 - John Nepomucene Neumann was canonized by the Catholic Church, becoming the first American male to achieve the stature of sainthood.
Happy Birthday
Ruby
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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