Market Basket:

• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.85
• First Class Stamp: $0.45
• Gallon of gasoline: $3.68
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $320000.00
• Hospital Room: $0.00

Populations:

• Grass Valley: 13000
• U.S. Population: 312738830

Today's Weather:

• Sunrise: :00 am
• Sunset: :00 pm
• Local high: 57 degrees F
• Local low: 53 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were degrees recorded at and at

Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 13021.82

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:

• 1835 - Mark Twain - One of the world's great authors and wits known for his classic tales "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "Life on the Mississippi" and many more.
• 1874 - Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister whose leadership in Britain and world wide was a key to the defeat of Hitler during World War II.
• 1924 - Shirley Chisholm - American politician who was the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:

• 1782 - Representatives of Great Britain and the American Colonies met in Paris to sign preliminary treaties that resulted in independence for the new nation.
• 1887 - A broomstick served as a bat and a boxing glove as the ball as the Farragut Boat Club of Chicago, Illinois, hosted the first ever softball game.
• 1954 - A meteorite broke through the roof of a home in Sylacauga, Alabama, striking Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges. Although the rock weighed 8 1/2 pounds, Mrs. Hodges was not permanently injured.