The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 7:03 am
and set at 7:33 pm
Local high: 51° F
Local low: 32° F
The nation's weather extremes were
91° recorded at Laredo, Texas
and -27° at Arctic Village, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
12469.07
Minimum Wage was $7.80
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $1.98
Gallon of Milk: $2.98
Average New Home: $230,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.62
Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 300,806,931 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "TMNT"
Dylan Bryton-Lee shares
his birthday with these other interesting people
1813 - Nathaniel Currier - Co-founder of Currier & Ives, which produced popular lithograph prints of 19th century daily life and events before news photography became available.
1863 - Sir Frederick Henry Royce - Pioneer automobile manufacturer and co-founder of the world famous Rolls-Royce Ltd.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1794 - Congress authorized creation of the United States Navy.
1848 - Pennsylvania became the first state to enact a child labor law; it prohibited children under 12 years of age from working more than 10 hours a day.
1884 - The first long-distance telephone call was made between branch managers of the Bell Telephone Company in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
1958 - CBS Laboratories announced the development of a new, improved sound system, the stereophonic record.
Happy Birthday
Dylan
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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