The Weather:
The sun rose over Longview at 7:28 a.m.
and
set at 7:15 p.m.
Local high:57° F
26° F
The nation's weather extremes were
85° recorded at Fort Myers, Florida
and -37° at Beaver, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at 7,224.00
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
Average New Home: $155,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.04
Populations:
Longview: 34,360
U.S. Population: 305,626,947
In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "Watchmen"
Kialani Eva-Delores shares
his/her birthday with these other interesting people
1886 - Albert Stevens - Pioneer balloonist credited with taking the first photograph of the Earth's curvature and setting an altitude record of over 72,000 feet in 1935; it would stand for more than 20 years.
1733 - Joseph Priestley - British chemist and one of two scientists who discovered the presence of oxygen.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1951 - Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in newspapers across the country.
1884 - Standard Time was established in the United States in an effort to eliminate the confusion caused by each geographic area setting its own time.
1852 - Uncle Sam, in top hat and tails, appeared for the first time in print, in the weekly New York comic publication, "Lantern."
1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus, by telescope.
Happy Birthday
Kialani Eva-Delores
from your friends at
St. John Medical Center
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