The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 5:31 am
and set at 9:00 pm
Local high: 70° F
Local low: 50° F
The nation's weather extremes were
117° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 30° at McKinley Park and Portage, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
8299.86
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: $2.85
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 288,595,095 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Proposal"
Jazlyn Allise shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1903 - George Orwell - British novelist and author of the modern classics Animal Farm and 1984.
1945 - Carly Simon - Grammy and Academy Award winning singer, songwriter who is known for songs "Anticipation", "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better" and others.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1788 - Virginia became the 10th state admitted to the Union.
1844 - John Tyler and Julia Gardiner married, becoming the first President and First Lady to wed while in office.
1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne warriors wiped out George Armstrong Custer and his Seventh Calvary command at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
1938 - Congress passed a bill that included the federally mandated minimum wage, 20 cents per hour.
Happy Birthday
Jazlyn
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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