Market Basket:

• Loaf of Bread: $1.98
• Gallon of Milk: $2.98
• First Class Stamp: $0.42
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.04
• New Car: $21750.00
• Average New Home: $440000.00

Populations:

• Santa Maria: 86150
• U.S. Population: 305395643

Today's Weather:

• Sunrise: 7:09 am
• Sunset: 5:12 pm
• Local high: 79 degrees F
• Local low: 39 degrees F
• The nation's weather extremes were 91 degrees recorded at Santa Ana, California and -48 at Babbitt, Minnesota

Dow Jones:

• Dow Jones: 8448.56

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:

• 1875 - Albert Schweitzer - German musician, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Medicine whose life-long work in Africa made his name synonymous with all that is good in mission work. Dr. Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.
• 1892 - Hal Roach - Academy Award winning movie producer and director who was responsible for the classic comedy series "Our Gang" and some of Laurel and Hardy's best films.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:

• 1784 - Great Britain recognized the independence of the thirteen colonies as their representatives met with American envoys to sign the Treaty of Paris; ending the American War of Independence.
• 1914 - Henry Ford introduced the continuous motion method of assembly line production, thus reducing the time required to build a Model T from 12 hours to 93 minutes.
• 1943 - President Franklin Roosevelt marked another first as he became the first incumbent President to fly in an airplane from Miami to French Morocco.