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1988 Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies
1979 Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio 1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton 1975 Sean McClain, born in Dayton, Ohio, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1975 Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1973 Todd Hollandsworth, born in Dayton, Ohio, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1971 Christopher R Nelloms, Dayton Ohio, sprinter 1970 Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, born in Dayton, Ohio, 400m hurdler, won 1996 Olympic bronze 1969 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club Dayton, Ohio 1968 Mike Mohler, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Oakland A's 1968 Chad Lowe, Dayton Ohio, actor, Spencer, Apprentice to Murder 1967 Tina Bockrath, born in Dayton, Ohio, playmate May, 1990 and actress 1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, born in Dayton, Ohio, long jumper, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1966 Hector Burba, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1964 WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 Jeff Reboulet, born in Dayton, Ohio, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1962 Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP 1961 Dana Williams, Dayton Ohio, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1959 Brian Fogt, born in Dayton, Ohio, Nike golfer, in 1992 Ft. Wayne Open-7th 1958 Mark Miller, Dayton Ohio, actor, Search for Grace, Love Field 1957 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley Golf Club Dayton Ohio 1956 Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life 1955 Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Gold Medals 1976, 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics 1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward, Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars 1950 Dorian Harewood, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center 1949 Mike Schmidt, born in Dayton, Ohio, 3rd baseman and home run hitter, Phillies 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1947 Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 1947 Mark Dayton, American Politician 1945 Gary Sandy, Dayton Ohio, actor, Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati 1945 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton, Ohio 1945 Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1942 Tony P. Hall, born in Dayton, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1979 - 2003 1932 Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains 1931 Charles A. Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut 1928 Tom Aldredge, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor in What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers 1927 Erma Bombeck, born in Dayton, Ohio, humorist, Grass is Always Greener... 1925 Jonathan Winters, born in Dayton, Ohio, comedian on the J Winters Show, Mork and Mindy 1923 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio 1919 Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, U.S. ambassador to Belgium, 1977-81 1919 Dayton Allen, New York City, comedian, Steve Allen Show 1919 Pauline Betz Addie, born in Dayton, Ohio, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1946 1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1913 Great Dayton Flood 1911 Russ Hodges, born in Dayton, Tennessee, sportscaster, Wednesday Night Fights 1910 Price Daniel, born in Dayton, Texas, Governor-D-Texas 1957 - 1963 and Senator-D-Texas 1953 - 1957 1909 Ralph Byrd, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Dick Tracy TV Show 1906 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio 1884 Charles Meldrum Daniels, born in Dayton, Ohio, swimmer, Olympics gold 1904, 08 1880 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio 1879 James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon 1872 Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton Ohio, poet and novelist, Oak and Ivory 1871 Orville Wright, born in Dayton, Ohio, aviator |
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