and the prices of some big and little ticket items were

• Loaf of Bread: $1.49
• Gallon of Milk: $2.89
• Average New Home: $135,000.00
• New Car: $21,750.00
• Gallon of gasoline: $1.56
• Hospital Room: $500.00

• Eugene/Springfield: 185,160
• U.S. Population: 277,141,559

• The top grossing movie was: "American Pie 2"
• The highest rated TV show was: "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Thursday" - ABC

• 1863 - Ernest Thayer - American writer who penned baseball's most famous poem, "Casey at the Bat."
• 1945 - Steve Martin - Comedian and actor who starred in a long list of Hollywood films, including "The Jerk", "The Man With Two Brains", "Parenthood" and many more.
• 1950 - Gary Larson - Cartoonist whose imagination spawned the classic cartoon series "The Far Side."
• 1959 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson - Incredible and dominant guard for the Los Angeles Lakers who was selected NBA Most Valuable Player three separate times.

There have been some other notable events on this day in history

• 1635 - A storm ravaged the pilgrim's settlement at Plymouth in what was probably the European's first exposure to a hurricane on the North American continent.
• 1945 - President Harry Truman announced to the world that Japan had surrendered to the Allies ending World War II.