Ohio River Report #465- Today is Friday, January 16, 2015, there are 349 days left in the year. 🌟 The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, is ratified on this day in 1919 and becomes the law of the land. 🌟 On this day in 1942, the actress Carole Lombard, famous for her roles in such screwball comedies as My Man Godfrey and To Be or Not to Be, and for her marriage to the actor Clark Gable, is killed when the TWA DC-3 plane she is traveling in crashes en route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. She was 33. 🌟 At midnight in Iraq in 1991, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor. At 4:30 p.m. EST, the first fighter aircraft were launched from Saudi Arabia and off U.S. and British aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf on bombing missions over Iraq. All evening, aircraft from the U.S.-led military coalition pounded targets in and around Baghdad as the world watched the events transpire in television footage transmitted live via satellite from Baghdad and elsewhere. At 7:00 p.m., Operation Desert Storm, the code-name for the massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq, was formally announced at the White House. The time is 6:00 AM our temperature right now is 28° rising to a high of 34°. Winds are registering in at 8-10 mph from the W. Humidity is 80% with visibility of 7 miles and a barometer reading of 30.05. The flu report for shows widespread activity for both Ohio and West Virginia. Happy Friday! -with Roy Clouston
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:05:49 +0000
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