Compared to the rest of the country, Clovis's cost of living is 2.10% Lower than the U.S. average. As of 2014, Clovis's population is 37,538 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 15.12 percent. Average Commute time is 15 minutes.
On this day in 1918, Ernest Hemingway, an 18-year-old ambulance driver for the American Red Cross, is struck by a mortar shell while serving on the Italian front, along the Piave delta, in World War I.
A+E Networks. During World War II, journalist Ernie Pyle, Americaâs most popular war correspondent, is killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Ie Shima in the Pacific.Pyle, born in Dana, Indiana, first began writing a column for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in 1935.+E Networks. During World War II, journalist Ernie Pyle, Americaâs most popular war correspondent, is killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Ie Shima in the Pacific.