The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 6:30 am
and set at 7:57 pm
Local high: 93° F
Local low: 50° F
The nation's weather extremes were
118° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 25° at Chandalar Lake, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9543.52
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: 288,846,339 Alexander Arturo shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1865 - Charles Gates Dawes - A man of many interests; 30th Vice-President, attorney, author, musical composer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient for his work reconstructing Europe after World War I.
1899 - C.S. Forester - Historical novelist who is best known for his 12 novel seris that portrayed the career and adventures of fictitious British naval officer, Horatio Hornblower.
1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson - Powerful Senate Majority Leader, Vice-President under John F. Kennedy and 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1859 - Drillers near Titusville, Pennsylvania, struck oil at 69 - 1/2 feet, resulting in the first commercially successful extraction of the substance from the earth.
1912 - The world was introduced to "Tarzan" as Edgar Rice Burroughs published his first book about the jungle hero, Tarzan of the Apes.
Happy Birthday
Alexander
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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