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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

10/2/1918: TV host Paul Dixon is born. His unconventional morning TV variety show was a huge hit for WLWT, running for almost 20 years. Its highest rated episode broadcast the wedding of two rubber chickens. David Letterman credits Paul as a huge influence. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

9/30/1928: TV/Film Producer Charles “Chuck” Fries is born. He graduated from Elder High School and Ohio State before moving to California to start a career in film. He worked for many production companies, including Screen Gems and Columbia Pictures, before beginning his own, Fries Entertainment.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

9/28/1862: Bertha Lund Glaeser is born. She was a physician who dedicated her life to the treatment of diseases of women & children. At Cincinnati School of Medicine and Surgery (later Woman's Medical College of Cincinnati) she not only lectured but also had charge of the clinic. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

9/27/1859: Painter Joseph Henry Sharp is born. Best known for his Native American portraits and western landscapes, he taught at the Art Academy and was one of the founding members of the Cincinnati Art Club. His work can be seen in many museums, including the Smithsonian. #Cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

9/23/1928: Frank Foster, jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and flautist is born. He attended the Cosmopolitan School of Music in Cincinnati, which was the first African American owned and operated music school in the US.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

9/20/1862: The Black Brigade presents William M. Dickson with a ceremonial sword as thanks for his leadership and kindness. At the ceremony, Marshall P. H. Jones gave a rousing speech in his honor. This moment is memorialized by a statue at Smale Riverfront Park. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

9/17/1859: Abraham Lincoln speaks in Cincinnati before a crowd of thousands, gaining momentum for a presidential run. In Ohio he purposely visited the same stops that Stephen Douglas made on his campaign trail as an unofficial sequel to their very popular debates. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

9/15/1857: William Howard Taft, the 27th president (1909-1913), is born. He's the only president to also served as Chief Justice of the United States. He viewed the latter as his greatest accomplishment, saying, “I don’t remember that I ever was President.” #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

9/12/1911: Merle Robbins, the inventor of UNO, is born. His family helped him create the original decks in their Reading home. Today it's owned by Mattel and has sold over 150 million copies worldwide. In 2018, it was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

9/9/1931: Clarence Rivers, the first African American priest ordained in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, is born. An author and liturgical composer, he infused gospel music into worship services and was an integral part of the Black Catholic Movement. His best known hymn is "God is Love."

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

9/6/1971: Taft Broadcasting closes Coney Island after 85 seasons of operation to make way for their new park, Kings Island. It reopened just a couple years after its initial closing. It was permanently closed in 2023 and demolished the following year.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

9/1/1914: Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies at the Cincinnati Zoo, after attempts to find her a mate were unsuccessful. At one time passenger pigeons made up 30-40% of North America's total bird population. Martha's remains are on display at the Smithsonian. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

8/31/1967: WEBN, originally owned by attorney, Frank Wood Sr., goes on the air. It played mainly classical and jazz, slowly moving to rock music at the urging of Wood's son. WEBN continued to play classical music every Sunday morning into the late 80's. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

8/30/1949: Hank Williams records "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" at Cincinnati's Herzog Studio. It was originally released as a b-side but became a popular classic. It was the oldest song on Rolling Stone's ranking of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. #cincinnatihistory youtu.be/4WXYjm74WFI

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

8/28/1831: Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes is born. She was the first First Lady to have a college degree and was an advocate for many causes, including African American rights. She gained the nickname "Lemonade Lucy" for her strong temperance views. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

8/26/1932 The pre-code drama, Back Street, premieres in Cincinnati. It tells the story of a woman whose devotion to a married man means she must live her life on the “back street” as his mistress. It starred Louisville-native Irene Dunne and was based on the best-selling book by Fannie Hurst.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

8/24/1884: Annette Braun, one of the most accomplished lepidopterists (she studied moths), is born. She was the first woman to earn a PhD from UC. Her younger sister Lucy was third. Braun was a trustee of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. Two species of moths are named after her.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

8/22/1868: Nettie McKenzie Clapp is born in Cincinnati. In 1922 she was one of the first women elected to the Ohio General Assembly and was the first female legislator to sponsor a bill that became a law. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

8/19/1863: Lincoln’s appointed Governor of the Arizona Territory, John A. Gurley, dies in Cincinnati from an appendicitis on the eve of assuming his duties. Gurley owned a newspaper (Star of the West), was a member of the US Congress, a pastor, and served as a Union colonel in the Civil War.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

8/16/1930: Tennis player, Tony Trabert is born. He attended Walnut Hills and UC. He won the 1955 French, American and Wimbeldon Championships. After retiring the game he became a tennis analyst, working for CBS Sports. Last week, the Cincinnati Open renamed a stadium in his honor.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

8/12/1944: The Greater Cincinnati Airport completes work on its first runways. NKY leaders saw an opportunity to invest in an airport due to the many geographical challenges faced by Lunken. First used by the Air Corps, CVG opened to commercial passengers in 1947. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

8/10/1837: Civil War veteran, civil engineer and Lieutenant Governor (1880-1882) Andrew Hickenlooper is born. During the Battle of Shiloh, his battery of cannons helped hold the Union line and aided in victory. Later he was president of Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

8/9/1906: Cinematographer Robert Surtees is born in Covington, KY. He won 3 academy awards for his work on King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and Ben-Hur (1959). Just a few of his other notable films are The Last Picture Show, The Sting, and The Graduate. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

8/6/1936: Journalist and author William H. Greider is born in Cincinnati. After graduating from Wyoming High School, he attended Princeton. The primary focus of his writing was economic issues. He worked at Rolling Stone for 17 years and was an on-air correspondent for PBS’s Frontline.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

8/2/1936: 16,000 people attend the Cincinnati Zoo to celebrate Susie the gorilla's 10th birthday. At the time she was said to be the world's only trained gorilla and drew crowds for her ability to sit at a table and eat with a fork and knife. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

8/1/1941: 20th Century Theater opens to the public in Oakley with the premiere of "Blood and Sand" starring Cincinnati's own Tyrone Power. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

7/29/1885: Silent film star Theda Bara is born in Avondale. Dubbed The Vamp, she was the first femme fatale of cinema. She attended school in Walnut Hills and at UC before moving to NY. Studios promoted her exotic image, creating a false history that she was half-Egyptian. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

7/27/1945: Cartoonist Justin Green, often called the "father of autobiographical comics," is born. His best known work is Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary, which dealt with his troubled Catholic upbringing. He was also a sign painter and painted the original Shake It Records sign.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

7/26/49: After weeks of testing, WCPO-TV began its regular broadcast schedule with a Reds game. The call letters came from the Cincinnati Post who owned it. It was the city's third television station. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

7/23/1887: Passenger service begins on the first municipal railroad in the U.S., the Cincinnati Southern. It was the only long-distance railway owned by a municipality until Cincinnati voters approved its sale in November 2023. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

7/21/1824: Republican senator and Supreme Court Justice Stanley Matthews is born. He edited an antislavery paper, rose to rank of colonel in the Union Army, and in the supreme court case Yick Wo v. Hopkins, he advocated equal protection rights for all racial minorities. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

7/19/1825: OH and US legislator, George H. Pendleton is born. A staunch anti-abolitionist who opposed the Civil War, he later voted against the 13th Amendment. He also was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for VP in 1864. His home still stands in Prospect Hill. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

7/18/2018: Robert Van Hook is executed. He was convicted for killing David Self, whom he met at a Cincinnati bar often frequented by gay men. His trial received national attention when he used the homosexual panic defense, which failed. He is the last man to be executed in Ohio. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

7/17/1912: Actress and singer Irene Manning (Inez Harvuot) is born. Best remembered for her role in Yankee Doodle Dandy, she also starred in films with Humphrey Bogart and Gene Autry. During WW2 she toured with Bob Hope and recorded German vocals for Glenn Miller. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

7/15/1854: The American Israelite begins publication. Founded by influential Reform rabbi, Isaac M. Wise, it is the longest running English-language Jewish newspaper and the second longest-running Jewish newspaper in the world. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

7/13/1748: David Ziegler, first mayor of Cincinnati, is born in Germany. He served with distinction in the Revolutionary War and later settled in the village of Cincinnati. He was voted mayor in 1802. His grave reads “died in this city … universally esteemed and respected.” #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

7/11/1988: Forest Fair Mall opens. Despite being the second biggest Ohio mall, it struggled to succeed. It lost three anchor stores to bankruptcy in its first year. It had many owners and name changes (Cincinnati Mills) before finally closing in 2022 and being demolished. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

7/8/1924: Cincinnati born DeHart Hubbard becomes the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. He won for the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games. In 1925 he set a long jump world record of 25 feet 10 7/8 inches. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

7/7/1921: Professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion, Ezzard Charles is born. Known as the Cincinnati Cobra, he's often regarded as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Muhammad Ali regarded him as one of only two fighters that might have troubled him at his best. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

7/5/1873: Cincinnati Bell (now altafiber) is founded by Charles Kilgour as the City & Suburban Telegraph Association. He'd run the Cincinnati Street Railway with his brother until an injury forced Charles to work from home and he began expanding Cincy's telegraph lines. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

7/4/1870: Eden Park is opened to the public. The land was once owned by influential Cincinnatian, Joseph Longworth. He called his estate the "Garden of Eden," hence the park’s name. Today the 186 acre park thrives with the Art Museum, Krohn Conservatory and Playhouse in the Park. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

7/1/1883: Bernard “Barney” Kroger, launches his first store, The Great Western Tea Co., at just 23 years old. In 1901 they became one of the first grocers to have their own bakery, prompting a name change the next year to Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

6/30/1894: Bugler John Cook receives the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War. He'd just turned 15 when he fought in the Battle of Antietam, acting as a cannoneer after finding most of them had been killed by intense Confederate fire. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

6/27/1920: The Cincinnati Opera opens with a production of Martha at the Cincinnati Zoo, making it the second oldest US opera company. They performed at the zoo's pavilion for over 50 years until moving to their current home at Music Hall in 1972. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

6/25/1876: Cincinnati-born Union Army veteran James Calhoun dies alongside his brother-in-law, George Armstrong Custer, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. While a member of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, he was known as “The Adonis of the Seventh” due to his good looks.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

6/24/1865: Painter Robert Henri was born in Cincinnati. He pioneered the Ashcan artistic movement, depicting gritty urban life. In 1929 the Arts Council of New York chose him as one of the top three living American artists. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

6/22/1959: Ohio House of Representatives votes unanimously to make the state's motto "With God, all things are possible." The campaign to choose a motto was prompted by 10-year-old Jimmy Mastronardo's letter to The Cincinnati Enquirer, suggesting his mom's favorite biblical saying.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

6/21/1850: Daniel Carter Beard is born in Cincinnati. He was a social reformer, and author but is most known for being one of the co-founders of the Boy Scouts of America. He also was an illustrator and worked on several books for Mark Twain, including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

6/20/1926: Cincinnati-born Xavier University graduate Jimmy "Browntown" Boyle begins and ends his Major League Baseball career as catcher for the N.Y. Giants. Entering the game in the 9th inning, he didn’t even get time at bat, thus making his one of the shortest MLB careers ever. #cincinnatihistory

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This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

6/19/1865: Major General Gordon Granger issues order emancipating all slaves in the state of Texas. Although it only became a federal holiday in 2021, Cincinnati has been holding an annual Juneteenth Festival since 1988. #cincinnatihistory

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