The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 6:51 am
and set at 5:01 pm
Local high: 56° F
Local low: 33° F
The nation's weather extremes were
94° recorded at Rialto, California
and -17° at Anaktuvuk Pass and Denali National Park, Alaska
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: $2.80
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 289,113,535 Julien Oliver shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1734 - Daniel Boone - Legendary American frontiersman who blazed the trail through the Cumberland Gap opening Kentucky to the country's first westward expansion.
1755 - Marie-Antoinette - Most famous Queen of France in history whose opposition to reform contributed to the development of the French Revolution in 1792.
1795 - James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States whose time in office is marked by territorial gains including Texas, California, and the Oregon territory.
1865 - Warren G. Harding - Ohio lieutenant governor, U.S. Senator, and 29th President of the Untied States.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states admitted to the Union.
1947 - The world's largest airplane, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose," made its only flight, one mile at 80 mph. The plane's wingspan measured 320 feet and it weighed about 400,000 pounds.
Happy Birthday
Julien
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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