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