The Weather:
The sun rose over Bellingham at 7:45 am
and set at 5:02 pm
Local high: 46° F
Local low: 42° F
The nation's weather extremes were
84° recorded at Kahului, Hawaii
and -53° at Bettles, Alaska
In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at
10907.21
Minimum Wage was $7.63
and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread: $1.89
Gallon of Milk: $2.89
Average New Home: $174,800.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.24
Populations:
Bellingham: 72,000
U.S. Population: 297,997,676 In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "Glory Road"
Luna Maylea shares
her
birthday with these other interesting people
1841 - Sir Henry Morton Stanley - Welsh explorer and adventurer best remembered for his heroic rescue of African missionary David Livingstone, and his quoted greeting upon finding him, "Mr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1887 - Arthur Rubinstein - Polish-American musician considered to be the finest interpreter of Chopin and one of the greatest pianists of all time.
There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1855 - Accounting procedures became easier to accomplish with the invention of the recording adding machine by William Seward Burroughs.
1878 - The community of New Haven, Connecticut, boasted the introduction of the first commercial telephone exchange, which initially served 21 customers.
1902 - Andrew Carnegie founded The Carnegie Institution of Washington with a $10 million gift for the purpose of promoting various areas of scientific research.
1904 - The St. Louis Police became the first police department to fingerprint people arrested for serious offenses.
1956 - Elvis Presley made his national television debut performing, "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" on "The Dorsey Brothers Show".
1986 - America's greatest space tragedy occurred as the space shuttle, Challenger, exploded shortly after takeoff.
Happy Birthday
Luna
from your friends at
St. Joseph Hospital
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