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Ethan Nathaniel


Erica and Nathan have chosen the name Ethan Nathaniel for their beautiful new boy born at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Birth Statistics
Weight: 5 pounds and 13 ounces
Length: 18 3/4 inches
Time: 11:52 a.m.
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009

Delivered by: Heather L. York, MD
Baby's Doctor: Laura R. Sanderson, M.D.
Origin of the name Ethan
Hebrew, English - Constant, strong, firm.

Saturday, June 20, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . .

The Weather:

The sun rose over Lane County at 5:29 a.m. and set at 8:59 p.m.
Local high: 65
Local low: 49
The nation's weather extremes were 108 at Death Valley, California and 28 at Barrow and Kuparuk, Alaska

In the financial world

The Dow Jones closed at 8,539.73
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
First class stamp: $0.44

Populations:

Eugene/Springfield 185,160
U.S. Population: 306,021,759

In the world of entertainment this week

The top grossing movie was: "The Hangover"

Ethan Nathaniel shares his birthday with these other interesting people

1860 - Alexander Winton - Pioneer automobile manufacturer who sold the first regularly produced American automobile and built the "Bullet No.1", which set a land speed record in 1902 racing one mile in 52.2 seconds.
1861 - Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins - British biochemist and Nobel Prize recipient who discovered vitamins.
1909 - Errol Flynn - One of the greatest swashbuckling film stars of all time. He is known for starring roles in "Captain Blood", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and many more.
1924 - Audie Murphy - American war hero turned actor. Murphy received every decoration for valor possible, including the Medal of Honor, becoming the most decorated American soldier of World War II.

There have been some other notable events on this day in history

1782 - A design by William Barton featuring an eagle, an olive branch and an arrow for each of the original colonies was adopted by Congress as The Great Seal of the United States.
1960 - Floyd Patterson became the first boxer to regain the heavyweight championship of the world when he knocked out presiding champion, Ingmar Johansson, in the fifth round.
1963 - The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to establish an emergency communication system, known as the "hot line", to ensure open communications between the two powers if extreme tensions were to occur.

Happy Birthday Ethan
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center