The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 7:36 am
and set at 6:17 pm
Local high: 59° F
Local low: 43° 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
10081.31
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: 289,069,667 Chris shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1811 - Franz Liszt - Hungarian musician recognized as the greatest piano virtuoso of his time and with more than 700 compositions, one of the great music composers of all-time.
1821 - Collis Huntington - American who played a major role in opening up the American West through his development of Central Pacific Railroad into the first transcontinental railroad.
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt - French actress who performed in Europe and America during the late 1800's and early 1900's becoming one of the best known performing artists ever.
1938 - Christopher Lloyd - American comedic actor known for his roles as Reverend Jim on TV series "Taxi", as a key figure in the "Back to the Futures" moves, and in many other big screen hits.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1797 - French adventurer Andre-Jacques Garnerin jumped from a hot air balloon 2300 feet above Paris and into history as he became the first person to successfully complete a parachute jump.
1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first elected President of the newly formed Republic of Texas.
Happy Birthday
Chris
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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