The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 7:48 am
and set at 6:03 pm
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9712.73
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: 289,105,559 Sarahi Elizabeth shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1795 - John Keats - English Romantic poet who known for his expression of philosophy through legend in poems such as "Ode to a Grecian Urn."
1912 - Dale Evans - American singer and female partner in the great husband and wife western movie team of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
1936 - Michael Landon - Actor, writer and producer who was a mainstay on American television for some 30 years in shows like "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie" and others.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state admitted to the Union.
1956 - Adventurer John Dufek and the crew of the "Que Sera Sera" made the first successful airplane landing at the South Pole.
Happy Birthday
Sarahi
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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