~*A Day to Remember*~
The Environment
Olympia high: 43° F Olympia low: 31° F
The nation's weather extremes were 84° recorded at
Kailua Kona, Hawaii and -29° at Arctic Village, Alaska
In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 9923.42 Washington's Minimum Wage was $7.01
. . . and the prices of some big and little ticket items were
Loaf of Bread:$ 1.59 Gallon of Milk: $ 2.89 First Class Stamp: $0.37 Average New Home: $145,000.00 New Car: $21,750.00 Hospital Room: $500.00
Populations:
Olympia: 42,500 U.S. Population: 280,523,383
In the world of entertainment this week One of the top music artists is Beyonce. The top grossing movie was: "Something's Gotta Give" Lucas Gerald shares his birthday with these other interesting people.
1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - American philanthropist who helped others lead a better live by creating the first American school for the deaf.
1830 - Emily Dickinson - One of America's most renowned poets, Miss Dickinson wrote some 800 poems, nearly all of which were unpublished during her lifetime.
1851 - Melvil Dewey - American library science leader who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for library cataloging.
