The Weather:
The sun rose over Bellingham at 6:47 am
and set at 7:22 pm
Local high: 77° F
Local low: 51° F
The nation's weather extremes were
118° recorded at Death Valley, California
and 30° at Eagle, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
9626.80
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: $2.99
Populations:
Bellingham: 76,500
U.S. Population: 306,368,715 Michaiah Lyn shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1789 - James Fenimore Cooper - Recognized to be the first major American novelist. He created frontier adventure novels, including, "The Last of the Mohicans", "The Pathfinder" and "The Deerslayer".
1857 - William Howard Taft - 27th President of the United States
1881 - Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti - Pioneer builder of wonderful racing and luxury automobiles. He founded the famous Bugatti automobile company.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1853 - Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained at the Congressional Church in South Butler, New York, becoming the first female minister in the United States.
1858 - The Butterfield Overland Mail Company began the first overland regular mail service to the west coast, it took 25 days for a letter to travel the 2,800 miles between Tipton, Missouri, and San Francisco, California.
1928 - Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered a substance in the penicillin mold that kills many bacteria that infect humans. Penicillin was the first effective antibiotic.
Happy Birthday
Michaiah
from your friends at
St. Joseph Hospital
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