Market Basket:

• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.85
• First Class Stamp: $0.45
• Gallon of gasoline: $4.58
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $320000.00
• Hospital Room: $0.00

Populations:

• Grass Valley: 13000
• U.S. Population: 312531454

Today's Weather:

• Sunrise: :00 am
• Sunset: :00 pm
• Local high: 71 degrees F
• Local low: 51 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were degrees recorded at and at

Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 13583.65

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:

• 1860 - Leonard Wood - American Army Officer, physician, Governor General of the Philippines, and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920.
• 1873 - Charles Walgreen -American pharmacist and innovator who created the concept of the modern drugstore, and founded the largest drugstore chain in the U.S.
• 1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson - Highly theatrical evangelist who pioneered preaching on the radio and through that became wealthy, famous, and controversial.
• 1891 - Otto Schnering - American entrepreneur and candy manufacturer who founded the Curtiss Candy Co. and introduced Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars to the world.
• 1940 - John Lennon - Lead singer and songwriter for the world's most commercially successful rock and roll band - the Beatles.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:

• 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut, known today as Yale University, was chartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 1855 - Isaac Singer received a patent for the sewing machine motor, a device that greatly increased the productivity of garment workers and home hobbyists everywhere.
• 1872 - Aaron Montgomery initiated a new marketing technique with the release of the his first catalog. It was so successful that it resulted in the huge Montgomery Ward catalog and stores.
• 1946 - The Simmons Company of Petersburg, Virginia, introduced the first electric blanket, suggested retail price $39.50.