The Weather:
The sun rose over Eugene at 6:38 am
and set at 7:43 pm
Local high: 79° F
Local low: 53° F
The nation's weather extremes were
114° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 19° at Healy, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
10447.37
Minimum Wage was $7.25
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $1.89
Gallon of Milk: $2.89
Average New Home: $230,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.88
Hospital Room: $99.99 Populations:
Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
U.S. Population: 296,901,233 Chloe' Reed shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1915 - A. G. Spalding - American baseball Hall of Famer and founder of the sporting goods manufacturing company that bears his name.
1948 - Christa McAuliffe - American teacher selected to be the first civilian in space who perished aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
1948 - Terry Bradshaw - National Football League quarterback who led the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl victories in a span of six years.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1775 - America's first warship, the Hannah, was commissioned by General George Washington.
1901 - In a speech before the Minnesota State Fair, soon-to-be President Teddy Roosevelt declared his intention to maintain a strong foreign policy, stating that the U.S. will "speak softly and carry a big stick."
1945 - The deck of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri was the scene of Japan's signing surrender documents and the official end to World War II.
Happy Birthday
Chloe'
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center
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