April 15, 2010

Current and History Event featuring Mr. Landon


Landon Isaac
The staff of Mercy Redding congratulate Kalene and Phillip on the birth of their beautiful son, Landon Isaac.
Born: March 22, 2010 1:18 am
Weight: 3 pounds 14 ounces
Length: 15.5 inches
Kalene and Phillip have chosen the name Landon Isaac for their beautiful new son
Origin: English
Original Meaning: "Open", "Grassy meadow"
Market Basket:
• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.85
• First Class Stamp: $0.44
• Gallon of gasoline: $3.06
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $265000.00
• Hospital Room: $0.00
Populations:
• Redding: 78490
• U.S. Population: 308814638
Today's Weather:
• Sunrise: 6:09 am
• Sunset: 6:24 pm
• Local high: 70 degrees F
• Local low: 41 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were 88 degrees recorded at Death Valley, California and -32 at O'Brien Creek, Alaska
Dow Jones:
• Dow Jones: 10741.98
Other Interesting People Born on this Date:
• 1891 - Chico Marx - Member of the Marx Brothers team who starred in a number of full-length comedy feature films including "Animal Crackers", "A Day at the Races" and "Duck Soup."
• 1908 - Louis L'Amour - American best-selling author of more than 100 books, mostly old west adventures.
• 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber - English composer whose works include musicals "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats" and others.
Other Notable Events on this Day in History:
• 1765 - The fires of revolution were ignited as the English Parliament passed the Stamp Act, its first direct tax on the American colonists.
• 1806 - The Lewis and Clark expedition broke their winter encampment at Fort Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean and began their long journey home.
• 1861 - The School of Nursing at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia became the first nursing school to be chartered in the United States.
• 1960 - Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes received the first patent for lasers.
• 1981 - U.S. Postage rates increased from 15-cents to 18-cents an ounce.

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