The Weather:
The sun rose over Longview at 5:22 a.m.
and
set at 9:07 p.m.
Local high:66° F
55° F
The nation's weather extremes were
117° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 30° at McKinley Park and Portage, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at 8,472.40
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
Average New Home: $155,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.76
Populations:
Longview: 34,360
U.S. Population: 306,041,699
In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "The Proposal"
Miguel Pedro Lee shares
his/her birthday with these other interesting people
1945 - Carly Simon - Grammy and Academy Award winning singer, songwriter who is known for songs "Anticipation", "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better" and others.
1903 - George Orwell - British novelist and author of the modern classics Animal Farm and 1984.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1938 - Congress passed a bill that included the federally mandated minimum wage, 20 cents per hour.
1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne warriors wiped out George Armstrong Custer and his Seventh Calvary command at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
1844 - John Tyler and Julia Gardiner married, becoming the first President and First Lady to wed while in office.
1788 - Virginia became the 10th state admitted to the Union.
Happy Birthday
Miguel Pedro Lee
from your friends at
St. John Medical Center
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