Market Basket:

• Loaf of Bread: $2.49
• Gallon of Milk: $3.85
• First Class Stamp: $0.44
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.93
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $265000.00

Populations:

• Redding: 78490
• U.S. Population: 306560139

Today's Weather:

• Sunrise: 6:41 am
• Sunset: 5:05 pm
• Local high: 82 degrees F
• Local low: 47 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were 94 degrees recorded at Rialto, California and -17 at Anaktuvuk Pass and Denali National Park, Alaska

Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 9712.73

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:

• 1734 - Daniel Boone - Legendary American frontiersman who blazed the trail through the Cumberland Gap opening Kentucky to the country's first westward expansion.
• 1755 - Marie-Antoinette - Most famous Queen of France in history whose opposition to reform contributed to the development of the French Revolution in 1792.
• 1795 - James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States whose time in office is marked by territorial gains including Texas, California, and the Oregon territory.
• 1865 - Warren G. Harding - Ohio lieutenant governor, U.S. Senator, and 29th President of the Untied States.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:

• 1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states admitted to the Union.
• 1947 - The world's largest airplane, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose," made its only flight, one mile at 80 mph. The plane's wingspan measured 320 feet and it weighed about 400,000 pounds.