History

Wilbur and Orville Wright might’ve flown their first plane from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina those 12 seconds in 1903, but the true home of aviation is Dayton, where plans were drawn and the structure was crafted.

Don’t knock Skyline Chili until you try it. The combination of meat, cinnamon, spaghetti and cheese is certainly an unexpected one, but it works.

Here are a few things about Thomas Edison that you might not have known: Edison’s father was an exiled political activist from Canada, while mom was an accomplished school teacher who home-schooled her child.

When I found out that these folks were all born in Ohio during December, I couldn’t believe it.

Fifty-nine years ago, on Nov.16, 1960, Clark Gable passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 59.

Ohio is home to many natural and man-made wonders, and one of those is located in Adams County in the south-central region. The Serpent Mound is the world’s largest surviving example of a prehistoric effigy mound. An effigy mound is a raised pile of earth built in the shape of an animal and containing one or more human burials.

While American football can trace its roots back to the mid-1800s, the tradition of the tight, circular huddle began in 1892 to serve a very niche purpose.

We don’t pay much attention to traffic lights, but they were a big deal in the early 1900s. In fact, Ohio was one of the first states to use traffic lights. A semaphore signal was first tried in Toledo in 1908. The words “stop” and “go” were illuminated with red and green lenses and lit by lamps at night.

The United States flag has undergone 27 different designs since 1777, and its latest design was created by a then-teenager from Lancaster, Ohio. A 50-star flag was ordered by President Dwight Eisenhower when Hawaii and Alaska joined the union.

An estimated 650 million people watched on television as Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk the moon, on July 20, 1969. A 10-day celebration is planned at Armstrong Air & Space Museum during the 50th anniversary of the famous Apollo 11 mission.