Ohio Events

1796 Jul 22 Cleveland, OH Founded
Cleveland obtained its name on July 22, 1796 when surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company laid out Connecticut's Western Reserve into townships and a capital city they named "Cleaveland...
1803 Mar 1 Ohio is the 17th State Admitted to the Union
Historical Documents Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood March 1, 1803 - March 1, 2003 Ohio celebrates its 200th Anniversary of ...
1831 Jan Joseph Smith Jr. Moves To Kirtland, Ohio
As the nation's population westered to more distant frontiers, Joseph decided to move his church from its New York origins to northern Ohio and the community of Kirtland Mills. This strat...
1836 Mar 27 Joseph Smith Jr. Dedicates The Kirtland Temple
The historic building stands on a hill south of the east fork of the Chagrin River, about three miles southeast of Willoughby, Ohio, and about nine miles southwest of Painesville, about s...
1836 Nov 2 The Mormon Community Forms The Kirtland Safety Society
A bank illegally organized by Joseph Smith and other LDS leaders in 1836, The Kirtland Safety Society, failed in November 1837, loosing “a hornet's nest. Creditors swarmed in upon J...
1863 Jul 19 Morgan and Forces Escape Through Woods Path at the Battle of Buffington Island
Description: On July 13, Morgan’s raiders crossed into Ohio at Harrison, pursued by several columns of Union cavalry under overall direction of Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson. On July 19, Ka...
1863 Jul 26 Battle of Salineville
The Battle of Salineville occurred July 26, 1863, near Salineville, Ohio during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War. It was one of the northernmost military actions involving the Conf...
1863 Dec Ex Parte Vallandigham
THIS case arose on the petition of Clement L. Vallandigham for a certiorari, to be directed to the Judge Advocate General of the Army of the United States, to send up to this court, for i...
1876 Dec 29 Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Train No. 5, The Pacific Express, left a snowy Erie, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of December 29, 1876. As The Pacific Express plowed throug...
1908 Mar 4 Collinwood School Fire
The COLLINWOOD SCHOOL FIRE occurred on 4 Mar. 1908, killing 172 children and 2 teachers at Lakeview Elementary School in the village of COLLINWOOD. The fire began shortly after 9 a.m when...
1925 Sep 3 Wreck of the USS Shenandoah
The first rigid airship to be designed and built by the United States Navy, Shenandoah was designed by the Bureau of Aeronautics; fabricated at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia; a...
1930 Apr 21 Ohio Penitentiary Fire
On April 21, 1930, the Ohio Penitentiary experienced the worst disaster in its history. A terrible fire broke out in the early evening, eventually killing 322 inmates. Not only was the st...
1930 Nov 5 Millfield Mine Disaster
Besides the unseasonably cold weather and heavy snowfall that blanketed the ground, November 5, 1930 began like any other for the 191 miners working at the Sunday Creek Coal Mine # 6. Nob...
1934 Aug 19 First All-American Soap Box Derby is Held
In the wake of the first car races, local kid auto races took place in the US at a very early stage. In 1914 the motion picture Kid Auto Races at Venice starring Charlie Chaplin was shown...
1937 Jan 18
to 1937 Feb 5
 Ohio River Flood of 1937
For 19 days -- from Jan. 18 until Feb. 5 -- the swirling, muddy waters of the Ohio leapt riverbanks and blanketed one-sixth of a city paralyzed by too much rain and snow. The river reache...
1944 Oct 20 East Ohio Gas Company Explosion
On October 20, 1944, a natural gas storage tank at the East Ohio Gas Co. plant in Cleveland, Ohio, exploded. The plant was located north of St. Clair Avenue near East 61st and East 62nd S...
1945 Coretta Scott Enrolls At Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio
Wanting a better life for their children, the Scotts sent all three to college. Coretta, who graduated at the top of her high school class in 1945, won a scholarship to study elementary e...
1960 Oct 29 California Polytechnic State Football Team Plane Crash
Crash Experts yesterday examined the twisted wreckage of a plane which was a flaming death trap for nearly half the 35 members of a college football team. The chartered twin-engine C46...
1963 Sep 7 Pro Football Hall of Fame Opens
Wooded parkland was donated from the city and a civic fund-raising campaign had, by February 8, 1962, acquired pledges totaling $378,026. Ground-breaking for the original construction was...
1967 Dec 15 Silver Bridge Collapse
On December 15,1967 at approximately 5 p.m., the U.S. Highway 35 bridge connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Ohio suddenly collapsed into the Ohio River. At the time of f...
1969 Jun 22 Cuyahoga River Catches Fire, Setting Off a Series of Pollution Control Legislation
On June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. This dramatic event, which got international news coverage, is still a reminder of the need to protect the environment. But this blot ...
1979 Dec 3 The Who Concert Disaster
By the late '70s, Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati had built a reputation for allowing crowds to run way out of control. Fans threw fireworks during a 1976 Yes concert there. The followi...
1989 Aug 24 Pete Rose is Banned From Major League Baseball
August 24, 1989, Thursday, 9 a.m. Giamatti, the commissioner of baseball, steps up to a microphone in New York City. "One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of act...
2009 Jun 8 Aaron Shutway, an 8th Grader from Brecksville OH Sinks a Ridiculous Shot
Some people are saying it's fake, but I think it's real. Real ridiculous. The kid does a front flip using the ball on the ground, rolls forward and shoots it from 3/4 court. Nothing bu...
2010 May 14 Crystal Bowersox Sings the National Anthem at Toledo Mud Hens Game
(Toledo, OH) - The Toledo Mud Hens are pleased to announce that American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox will be singing the National Anthem prior to the Toledo Mud Hens game on Friday, Ma...
2010 May 14 Toledo Holds Homecoming Parade for Crystal Bowersox
The city of Toledo will kick off the festivities at 11:30 a.m. Friday in downtown in front of Owens Corning, with a parade to run down Summit Street to Madison Avenue and Promenade Park. ...
2011 Mar 2 Ohio Senate Approves Anti-Union Bill
The movement to restrict the power of public sector unions chalked up a legislative win today in Ohio. A measure that would ban strikes and greatly restrict collective bargaining rights c...
2011 Oct 18 Ohio Exotic Animal Farm Owner Kills Self, Releases Animals
Though most of the lions, wolves and bears on the loose in Muskingum County have been killed, authorities issued an advisory at 11 a.m. for hunters, campers, hikers and other outdoor enth...