|
DAILY DOUBLE August 31, 1749 – French explorer Celoreon de Bienville claims all land east of the Great Miami River, which is west of Cincinnati, for France. He puts a lead plaque at the river’s mouth to the Ohio River as proof. It's still there somewhere. August 31, 1966 – Flora Irvin of Cincinnati goes boating on the Ohio River and hauls in a 25-pound, 49-inch longnose Gar, a state record and the ugliest freshwater fish in the world.
|