The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 6:26 am
and set at 8:03 pm
Local high: 77° F
Local low: 46° F
The nation's weather extremes were
110° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 30° at Anaktuvuk Pass and Huslia, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9505.96
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: $2.83
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 288,830,387 Jordon Jeffery shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1754 - Louis XVI - The last King of France who reigned from 1784 to 1792.
1912 - Gene Kelly - Dancer and actor who performed in a host of movies and musicals. He is probably best known for his incredible dance number in the movie, "Singin' in the Rain".
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1821 - Eleven years after its revolution against Spanish rule began, Mexico won independence with the signing of the Treaty of Aquala.
1977 - Flying the Gossamer Condor over a three mile coarse, Bryan Allen became the first person to maintain and control flight of a human powered aircraft.
Happy Birthday
Jordon
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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