The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 7:43 am
and set at 6:09 pm
Local high: 54° F
Local low: 39° F
Precipitation: 0.25 inches
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
9867.96
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: $2.78
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 289,089,607 Brennan Woods shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1728 - James Cook - British sea captain and explorer who was the first European to see and chart many land masses in the Pacific Ocean.
1811 - Issac Singer, American entrepreneur and innovator who brought the world the first practical home sewing machine and started the company that bears his name.
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States known for building the Panama Canal and beginning the National Park System.
1872 - Emily Post - American author whose book "Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage" has made her name synonymous with proper manners in society.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1492 - Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage to the New World, became the first European to view the Island of Cuba and claimed it for Spain.
1904 - The first rapid transit subway system in American began operation in New York City. The fare for a ride was five cents.
1997 - In an effort to thwart the long-standing problem of counterfeiting, the U.S. Treasury began issuing redesigned $50 bills.
2004 - The Boston Red Sox broke the 84-year long "Curse of the Bambino" by winning their first World Series since 1918.
Happy Birthday
Brennan
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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