Ohio timeline
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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... Read more
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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Historical Documents Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood March 1, 1803 - March 1,... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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,... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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,... Read more
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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... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more