Market Basket:

• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.85
• First Class Stamp: $0.45
• Gallon of gasoline: $4.12
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $320000.00
• Hospital Room: $0.00

Populations:

• Grass Valley: 13000
• U.S. Population: 312447706

Today's Weather:

• Sunrise: :00 am
• Sunset: :00 pm
• Local high: 87 degrees F
• Local low: 66 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were 107 degrees recorded at Bullhead City , Ariz. and 20 at Embarrass, International Falls , and Togo, Minn.

Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 13553.10

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:

• 1709 - Samuel Johnson - English writer and poet credited with development of, "A Dictionary of the English Language", the authoritative English dictionary for nearly a century.
• 1831 - Siegried Marcus - Austrian inventor who, in 1864, built the world's first gas powered automobile.
• 1905 - Greta Garbo - Swedish-born actress who was one of the most popular movie stars of the 1920's and 30's. She later shunned the limelight and became Hollywood's most intriguing recluse.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:

• 1984 - Air Force Colonel Joe Kittinger set his 100,000 cubic foot helium balloon down near Montenotte, Italy, completing the first successful solo transatlantic balloon flight.
• 1984 - Vice President George Bush swore in the largest group of people to ever become naturalized citizens at one time, 9,076 at a ceremony in Miami, Florida.