Ohio River Report #441-Today is Tuesday, December 23, 2014, there are 8 days left in the year. 🌟 On this day in 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France. He later documented the event in a painting titled Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. Today, Van Gogh is regarded as an artistic genius and his masterpieces sell for record-breaking prices; however, during his lifetime, he was a poster boy for tortured starving artists and sold only one painting. 🌟 On this day in 1946, President Harry S. Truman appoints an amnesty board to review cases of conscientious objectors (COs) who were imprisoned after refusing to serve during World War II. 🌟 In 1986, After nine days and four minutes in the sky, the experimental aircraft Voyager lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing the first nonstop flight around the globe on one load of fuel. Piloted by Americans Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Voyager was made mostly of plastic and stiffened paper and carried more than three times its weight in fuel when it took off from Edwards Air Force Base on December 14. By the time it returned, after flying 25,012 miles around the planet, it had just five gallons of fuel left in its remaining operational fuel tank. The time is 8:51 AM our temperature right now is 43° with a high of 54°. Winds are registering in at 5-7 mph from the ESE. Humidity is 99% with visibility of 3 miles and a barometer reading of 29.88. The flu report for Ohio shows widespread activity and West Virginia is now regional. Looks like a little warmup today! -with Roy Clouston
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:04:33 +0000
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