Category: History

Ohio History February 11, 1847 – Inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. His...

Cleveland History February 3, 1891 – The Cleveland Arcade, one of the first indoor shopping malls...

Cleveland History January 26, 1978 – One of the worst blizzards in Cleveland history struck the...

Cleveland History January 20, 1961 – The Cleveland Press publishes front-page coverage of John F....

Cleveland History January 13, 1836 – Cleveland was formally incorporated as a city by an act of...

Ohio History January 5, 1832 – The Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad was chartered, becoming the...

Cleveland History January 1, 1883 – The Valley Railway Company completed its main line connecting...

Cleveland History December 23, 1814 – Cleveland received its charter as a village, officially...

Cleveland History December 15, 1978 – Cleveland defaulted on $14 million in loans, becoming the...

Cleveland History December 9, 1994 – Frederick C. Crawford, prominent Cleveland industrialist,...

Cleveland History December 1, 1906 – Cleveland implemented a major standardization of street names...

Cleveland History November 24, 1862 – Ohio Governor David Tod visited Camp Cleveland in what is...