The Weather:
The sun rose over Bellingham at 5:13 am
and set at 9:02 pm
Local high: 73° F
Local low: 48° F
The nation's weather extremes were
107° recorded at Laughlin, Nevada
and 21° at Shishmaref, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
8403.80
Minimum Wage was $8.55
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
Average New Home: $252,100.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.59
Populations:
Bellingham: 76,500
U.S. Population: 305,934,023 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
Trinity Rose shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1736 - Patrick Henry - American lawyer, politician and firebrand revolutionary patriot known for the phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
1903 - Bob Hope - English-born American comedian who, during seven decades, provided the world with laughs on the stage in vaudeville, in movies and on TV for the USO during four wars.
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy - War hero, author and 35th President of the United States whose accomplishments included setting the country in motion to putting the first man on the moon.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1848 - Wisconsin became the 30th state admitted to the Union.
1910 - Airplane pilot Glenn Curtiss collected a $10,000 prize for winning a race between Albany and New York City. It was the first time an airplane had beaten a train in a race.
1942 - Bing Crosby recorded the Irving Berlin song "White Christmas" on this warm May day. It is the biggest selling record of all time having sold more than 30 million copies.
1953 - Mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay became the first to set foot on the summit of the world's highest peak - 29,028 foot Mount Everest.
Happy Birthday
Trinity
from your friends at
St. Joseph Hospital
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