The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 5:57 am
and set at 8:41 pm
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9108.51
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: $2.70
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 288,726,699 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "G-Force"
Dominic Sean shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1902 - Richard Rodgers - American Composer who wrote music for 40 Broadway musicals, including "South Pacific" and "Oklahoma", for which he won Pulitzer prizes.
1929 - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - Popular First Lady of the United States, wife and widow of President John F.Kennedy and later wife of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1866 - Congress authorized the use of the metric system as the standard for weights and measures throughout the United States.
1896 - Boasting a population of 260, Miami, Florida, became an incorporated city.
1903 - Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a slave, incorporated the Saint Luke Penning Savings Bank, in Richmond, Virginia, becoming the first female bank president in the United States.
1951 - The Walt Disney classic "Alice in Wonderland" became available in theaters across the country.
Happy Birthday
Dominic
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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