The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 7:47 am
and set at 6:05 pm
Local high: 66° F
Local low: 48° 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
9962.58
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: 289,101,571 Averie Lynne shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1735 - John Adams -One of United States Founding Fathers - Vice President under George Washington; 2nd President of the United States
1882 - William F. "Bull" Halsey, U.S. Navy Admiral whose leadership of the 3rd Fleet was a key factor in the victory over Japanese forces during World War II.
1893 - Charles Atlas- Italian-born American physical fitness pioneer who marketed the amazingly popular Charles Atlas mail-order bodybuilding course during the first half of the 20th Century.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1888 - John Loud of Wemouth, Massachusetts, was awarded a patent for the ball point pen.
1938 - Orson Welles broadcast the play, "War of the Worlds" on CBS radio. It was so effective that thousands truly believed that Earth was being invaded by Martians.
1945 - The rationing of shoes in America, that was imposed during World War II, came to an end.
1990 - Ground transportation between the island nation of England and France became a reality as tunnel construction crews met under the English Channel.
Happy Birthday
Averie
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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