Market Basket:

• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.85
• First Class Stamp: $0.45
• Gallon of gasoline: $4.17
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $320000.00
• Hospital Room: $0.00

Populations:

• Grass Valley: 13000
• U.S. Population: 312631154

Today's Weather:

• Sunrise: :00 am
• Sunset: :00 pm
• Local high: 69 degrees F
• Local low: 46 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were degrees recorded at and at

Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 13093.16

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:

• 1793 - Stephen Austin - Early settler and of the then Mexican territory of Texas and person for whom Texas' capital city, Austin, is named.
• 1845 - Edward Douglas White - Ninth Supreme Court Chief Justice who played an important role during the development of anti-monopoly laws in the early 20th Century.
• 1933 - Michael S Dukakis - Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1988.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:

• 1868 - Republican John Willis Menard became the first black American to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Due to a legal challenge by his defeated opponent, he was never seated in the Congress.
• 1917 - The cost of living took a jump as the price of a first class stamp increased to three cents.
• 1948 - The most unexpected upset in American presidential politics took place with President Harry S. Truman defeating New York Governor Thomas Dewey.
• 1983 - A new national holiday was set as President Reagan signed a bill setting aside the third Monday of each January to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King.