The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 7:34 am
and set at 6:20 pm
Local high: 63° F
Local low: 41° F
The nation's weather extremes were
103° recorded at Laredo, Texas
and 8° at Northway, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
10092.19
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: $2.81
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 289,061,691 Valeria I shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren - English astronomer, mathematician and the greatest architect of his time, credited with the design of 53 London churches including St. Paul's Cathedral.
1884 - Bela Lugosi - Actor who introduced movie audiences to one of the most frightening characters of all time, Count Dracula in the 1931 classic of the same name.
1905 - Frederick Dannay - Co-author, with Cousin Manfred Lee, of the classic detective stories featuring master detective Ellery Queen.
1931 - Mickey Mantle - Baseball Hall of Famer, three-time most valuable player, one of the game's heaviest hitters and most popular players of all time.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1803 - The U.S. Senate ratified the purchase of an 828,000 square mile parcel of land from France known as the Louisiana Purchase. The cost was a little less than three cents per acre.
1929 - America's first community hospital was organized this date in Elk City, Oklahoma.
Happy Birthday
Valeria
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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