I went to the hospital website. The baby really has a good head of dark hair. Knowing the parents I expected her to be fairer. The site is nice & includes a little bit of history to save:
This day in history
Population:
Ashland: 20,600
U.S. population: 308,926,302
Local weather:
Ashland high: 73° F
Ashland low: 45° F
The nation's weather extremes:
High: 99° at Death Valley, California
Low: 7 at Nuiqsut and Shishmaref, Alaska
The day's Dow Jones close:
11,018.66
Your dollar's worth
Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Gallon of gasoline: $3.15
First-class stamp: $0.44
New car: $21,750.00
Average new home: $336,000.00
Other interesting people born on this date:
1903 - Eliot Ness - Federal lawman and head of the nine-man anti-crime squad known as the "Untouchables" that brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone.
1877 - Ole Evinrude - Norwegian-American inventor of the marine outboard motor and founder of the Evinrude Motor Corporation.
1807 - Robert E. Lee - Most successful and respected Confederate general of the American Civil War.
1721 - Roger Sherman - American Founding Father whose contributions helped overcome significant difficulties in the creation of the Constitution. You will find his signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1982 - NASA announced the selection of America's first female astronaut, Sally Ride.
1897 - John J. McDermott won the first Boston Marathon (called the American Marathon Race then) in a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 10 seconds.
1892 - Frank and Charles Duryea of Springfield, Massachusetts, finished the prototype for America's first successful automobile.
1775 - American Minutemen engaged British troops at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, commencing the American War of Independence.