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1995 Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies
1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!) 1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81 1993 Wensley Pithey, actor (Oh What a Lovely War), dies at 79 1993 75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club Oh 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 77 performances 1990 "Oh, Kay!" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 77 performances 1989 "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 5959 performances 1987 "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances 1986 "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 56 performances 1986 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1981 "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 3 performances 1981 "Oh, Brother!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 3 performances 1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1979 Thurmon Munson, New York Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total 1976 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances 1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK 1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother" 1972 "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 1316 performances 1971 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 1,316 performances 1970 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting 1968 WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 125 performances 1964 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances 1964 WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began 1963 WGSF TV channel 28 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad..." premieres in New York City 1960 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances 1958 "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 192 performances 1957 WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away" 1956 "Oh! Susanna," debuts on CBS-TV 1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins 1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Steve Perry, Hanford, California, vocalist, Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry 1948 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh 1947 Margo Sappington, born in Baytown, Texas, actress, Oh Calcutta 1946 Narziss Oh, German psychology, dies 1946 Patrick Fairley, guitarist, Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do 1942 Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1941 Imca Marina, Bijl, singer, Viva Espana, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil 1941 Hannah Gordon, actress, Oh Alfie 1940 Dick Vitale, U.S., sportscaster, ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!" 1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1935 Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress, Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs 1933 John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail 1932 Hans Boskamp, Johan HG Hoelscher, actor/producer, Oh My Papa 1931 George Jones, born in Saratoga, Texas, singer, Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me 1928 Eddie Fisher, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain 1928 Don Gibson, born in Shelby, North Carolina, singer/writer, I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me 1928 Larry Gelbart, writer/producer/actor, Oh God!, M*A*S*H 1926 George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in New York City 1922 Bill Macy, Revere Massachusetts, actor, Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta 1922 WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions 1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions 1918 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady! 1918 H. Carroll and J. McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in New York City 1917 Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in New York City 1909 Sandra Oh, Canadian Actress 1896 George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God 1894 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon Oh for Wash 1894 Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelski, Waukegan, Illinois, "Oh! Rochester!" 1890 Monte Blue, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, silent film actor, Montana, Oh Boy 1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender 1833 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens 1826 Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pennsylvania, composer, Oh! Susanna, Swanee River 1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham 1788 Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded 1773 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH |
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