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Cleveland

city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

7 dated entries naming Cleveland, drawn from 7 separate years between 1796 CE and 1981 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1796July 22 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio Cleveland, after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.source

19th century

  • 1818July 31 – The first newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio is issued by publisher Andrew Logan. Using the original name of the small settlement (population 172), Logan names the weekly paper The Cleaveland Gazette & Commercial Register.source

20th century

  • 1908March 4 – The Collinwood school fire near Cleveland, Ohio kills 175.source
  • 1914August 5 – The first electric traffic light is installed between Euclid Avenue and East 105 Street, in Cleveland, Ohio.source
  • 1952December 14 – The first successful surgical separation of conjoined twins is conducted in Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.source
  • 1967November 7 – Carl B. Stokes is elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American elected mayor of a major United States city.source
  • 1981August 9 – 1981 Major League Baseball strike ends in the United States, and Major League Baseball resumes with the All-Star Game in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium.source

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