Saturday, October 11, 2008

He's Here!!!


Benjamin Nash

Born: October 8, 2008 4:08 pm
Weight: 8 pounds 7.8 ounces
Length: 21 inches

Benjamin:
Origin: English, Hebrew
Original Meaning: Son of my right hand

Market Basket:
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
First Class Stamp: $0.42
Gallon of gasoline: $3.88
New Car: $21750.00
Average New Home: $265000.00

Populations:
Redding: 78490
U.S. Population: 305004819

Today's Weather:
Sunrise: 7:13 am
Sunset: 6:40 pm
Local high: 81 degrees F
Local low: 61 degrees F
The nation's weather extremes were 103 degrees recorded at Riverside, CA
and -16 at Arctic Village, Alaska

Dow Jones:
Dow Jones: 9447.11

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:
1846 - Elbert Henry Gary - American lawyer and first chairman and CEO of U.S. Steel who introduced employee stock ownership, profit sharing and safe working conditions.
1869 - J. Frank Duryea- Inventor who, with brother Charles, of one of the first automobiles and the first to be built and operated in the United States - in September, 1893.
1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker - Fighter pilot, industrialist, and the most celebrated American air ace of World War I having won 26 air victories in Europe.
1922 - Dr. Christiaan Barnard - South African surgical pioneer who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1967.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:
1890 - In one of history's most incredible solo military actions, U.S. Army foot-soldier Alvin York single-handedly took out a German machine gun emplacement, killed 25 enemy soldiers and captured 132.
1956 - New York Yankee pitcher Donald Larsen, recorded the first ever perfect world series game, no hits, no runs and no walks in a 2 - 1 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Awesome! This is one to print out for the baby book! I love all of the stats, and such a cute picture.
Laurie :)