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 GC 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, Dayton Ohio, long jumper, Oly-br-92, 96
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 GC Dayton Ohio
1956 Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life
1955 Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Oly-2 gold/br-76, 84, 88
1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward, Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars
1950 Dorian Harewood, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center
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 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
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, Dayton, Tennessee, sportscaster, Wednesday Night Fights
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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