This Month in History

1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg began

1928 - Inventor Charles Francis Jenkins created the first television station in the United States

1754 - French and Indian forces captured Fort Necessity, helping lead to the French and Indian War (1756-1763)

1863 - During the American Civil War, the Siege of Vicksburg ended

1955 - Inventor Barrett K. Green received a U.S. patent for microencapsulation

1909 - The Columbus Board of Education established Indianola Junior High School, the first junior high school in the United States

1843 - Ohio Governor James Edwin Campbell was born

1863 - During the American Civil War, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan began his raid of Indiana and Ohio

1990 - The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute at The Ohio State University accepted its first patient

1800 - Trumbull County, Ohio was created

1879 - Former Ohio Governor and U.S. Senator William Allen died

1940 - Inventor Frederick McKinley Jones patented a refrigeration system for trucks

1787 - The Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance

1812 - Miami Indian Chief Little Turtle died in Fort Wayne, Indiana

1957 - Former Ohio Governor James M. Cox died in Dayton, Ohio

1969 - Apollo 11 departed for the Moon, resulting in Neil Armstrong being the first man to step onto the Moon

1877 - The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began

1966 - The Hough Riots began in Cleveland, Ohio

1848 - The Seneca Falls Convention began

1888 - Former Ohio Governor Thomas L. Young died

1825 - Construction of the Miami and Erie Canal began

1814 - The Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnee, Senecas, and Miami established peaceful relations between the Wyandot Indians, the Delaware Indians, the Shawnee Indians, and the Seneca Indians with the Miami Indians.

1885 - Former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant died

1815 - 1872 U.S. Presidential candidate William Groesbeck was born

1884 - Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey was born

1770 - Northwest Territory Governor Charles W. Byrd was born

1953 - The Korean War ended

1823 - Ohio Company of Associates founder Manasseh Cutler died

1820 - Peace Democrat and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Clement Vallandigham was born

1836 - Cincinnati residents destroyed James Birney's printing press, which he used to publish the anti-slavery paper The Philanthropist

1826 - Ohio Governor George Hoadly was born