• Topeka's population: 120,300
• U.S. population:280,934,147

The weather

• The sun rose over Topeka at 6:22 a.m. and set at 6:37 p.m.
• The local high was 56° F and the low was 30° F.     The nation's weather extremes were 102° at Parker, Arizona and -27° at Snowshoe Lake, Alaska.

• The minimum wage in Kansas was $5.15.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10186.60.
• A loaf of bread was$1.49.
• A gallon of Milk cost $2.89.
• A first class stamp was $0.37.
• The average new home cost $132,500.00.
• And the price of a new car was $21,750.00.

• 1891 - Chico Marx - Member of the Marx Brothers team who starred in a number of full-length comedy feature films including "Animal Crackers", "A Day at the Races" and "Duck Soup."
• 1908 - Louis L'Amour - American best-selling author of more than 100 books, mostly old west adventures.
• 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber - English composer whose works include musicals "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats" and others.

• 1765 - The fires of revolution were ignited as the English Parliament passed the Stamp Act, its first direct tax on the American colonists.
• 1806 - The Lewis and Clark expedition broke their winter encampment at Fort Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean and began their long journey home.
• 1861 - The School of Nursing at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia became the first nursing school to be chartered in the United States.
• 1960 - Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes received the first patent for lasers.
• 1981 - U.S. Postage rates increased from 15-cents to 18-cents an ounce.