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Dayton was the home of the Wright Brothers, a pair of bicycle shop owners, who invented the first practical airplanes. It is also home to the first airport, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, originally a pasture field which the Wright brothers borrowed from Torrence Huffman, a Dayton banker, in the early 1900s.
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Kid Gloves Cost Money
Hudson Rubber Company, Dayton, Ohio
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September 1898

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Governor Harmon Presenting Ohio's Medals - Wright Brothers' Celebration, Dayton, Ohio, June 18, 1909
History, News and Stories of Dayton, Ohio, USA

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1854 - Dayton
Dayton, a flourishing city, capital of Montgomery county, Ohio, is situated on the left or E. bank of the Great Miami, at the mouth of the Mad river, ... Read MORE...
1854 - TORNADO AT DAYTON - BUILDING BLOWN DOWN - MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING - CORNFIELDS PROSTRATED.
On Saturday a heavy storm of wind and rain passed over Dayton, doing considerable damage in the way of destroying awnings, tearing off window... Read MORE...
1869 - Killed by Stone
A son of John Cupp, of Dayton, Ohio, aged about 13, was instantly killed the other day in that town, by a stone thrown from a sling in the hands of... Read MORE...
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1878 - James Ritty of Dayton developed the first cash register.
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1879 - November 4 - James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon
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November 4, 1879
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1895 - Dayton
Dayton, a flourishing city, capital of Montgomery co, O., is situated on the left or E. bank of the Great Miami, at the mouth of the Mad River, and... Read MORE...
1898 - FOUGHT THE FLAMES FOR HOURS.
Twenty Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed in Dayton.
Special to the Plain Dealer.
DAYTON, May 27.—A fire, which was fought for several ... Read MORE...
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1903 - The Wright Brothers, a pair of bicycle shop owners from Dayton, became the first in flight
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1910 - November 7 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
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1913 - March 26 - Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, & Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
The Ohio River Basin flood reached a peak. Ten inch rains over a wide area of the Ohio River Basin inundated cities in Ohio, drowning 467 persons,... Read MORE...
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1916
Dayton, a city, capital of Montgomery co., Ohio, is situated on the left or E. bank of the Great Miami, at the mouth of the Mad River and on the line ... Read MORE...
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April 19, 1919: Leslie Irvin made the first free-fall parachute jump, Dayton, Ohio
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1923 - February 2 - Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
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1934 - August 19 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
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August 19, 1934
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1936 - OUT FOR FUN, 6 MEET DEATH. KILLED BEYOND CRASHED GATE OF RAIL CROSSING.
Dayton, O., Oct. 19. (AP) - Six persons, out for an evening of merry-making, met death beyond the crashed safety gate of a rail crossing yesterday... Read MORE...
1945 - OFFICER IS KILLED AT AVIATION SHOW. ARMY PILOTED EXPERIMENTAL PLANE CRASHES ON CIVILIAN AUTO.
Dayton, Ohio, May 27 (AP) - Capt. WILLIAM GLASGOW of Niagara Falls, N.Y., a veteran of 80 combat missions over Germany, was killed and five civilians ... Read MORE...
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