The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 6:53 am
and set at 4:58 pm
Local high: 57° F
Local low: 32° F
The nation's weather extremes were
97° recorded at Mesa, Ariz.
and -29° at Arctic Village, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9771.91
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: 289,121,511 Nakiah Michael Reed shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1732 - Thomas Johnson - American patriot, first governor of Maryland, and Supreme Court Justice. He voted for the Declaration of Independence and nominated George Washington to be Commander in Chief.
1842 - William Cushing - Union Navy officer who gained an aura of invulnerability as he successfully accomplished four years of daring exploits during the Civil War.
1879 - Will Rogers - One of America's best loved entertainers of the 20th Century known for his down-home humor and the creed he lived by: "I never met a man I didn't like."
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1879 - James Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, received a patent on the first cash register, a machine he designed to reduce stealing by bartenders in his saloon.
1922 - Egyptologist Howard Carter uncovered the greatest find in the annals of Egyptian archeology, the 3,000 year old tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross won the election to succeed her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first woman to be elected a state's governor in America.
1939 - Packard unveiled the first air conditioned car at the Chicago, Illinois, automobile show.
Happy Birthday
Nakiah
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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