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Connor Zane Brewster

3:36 pm on 5.23.2006 Connor, Family

Connor Zane Brewster arrived at 11:13am on May 22, 2006 weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz and measuring 21 inches long.

Keley and I are already in love with him.

We want to send our great thanks to the staff at Capital Medical Center in Olympia, WA, especially the nurses in Labor and Delivery. I can’t imagine what it would have been like without their wonderful care, advice, and support.

Some famous people who share Connor’s birthday:

• 1813 – Wilhelm Richard Wagner - German composer of musical drama or operas who is considered a master of the art and whose influence continues to be felt in music.
• 1828 – Albrecht Grafe – German physician and scientist whose pioneer work in eye surgery credits him with being the founder of modern ophthalmology.
• 1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – English physician and author who blessed the world with his creation of the deductive detective Sherlock Holmes.
• 1907 – Sir Laurence Olivier – Knighted British Shakespearean actor and Academy Award winning movie star considered to be among the greats in his profession.
• 1910 – Johnny Olson – TV announcer (Price is Right)

And some noteworthy events:

• 1570 – 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
• 1803 – 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
• 1843 – 1st wagon train, 1000+ departs Independence MO for Oregon
• 1906 – Orville and Wilbur Wright received patents for their version of the aeroplane
• 1868 – Great Train Robbery; 7 men (Reno Brothers) make off with $98,000 in cash
• 1933 – Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay
• 1954 – Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
• 1961 – 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens
• 1965 – Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” single goes #1
• 1967 – “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” debuts on NET (now PBS)
• 1969 – Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface
• 1985 – Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as National League run scoring leader
• 1990 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
• 1992 – Johnny Carson’s final appearance as host of the Tonight Show

Finally, things that were happening on his first day:

• The nation’s weather extremes were 101° recorded at Wink, Texas and 19° at Embarrass, Minnesota
• The Dow Jones closed at 11125.33
• Washington’s Minimum Wage was $7.63
• Loaf of Bread:$ 1.89
• Gallon of Milk: $ 2.89
• First Class Stamp: $0.39
• Average New Home: $212,000.00
• New Car: $21,750.00
• Population of Olympia, WA: 42,500
• U.S. Population: 284,088,655