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Cleveland

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

15 dated entries naming Cleveland, drawn from 14 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.

Also written as Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, ohio in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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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
  • 1890May 30 – The five-story skylight Arcade opens in Cleveland, Ohio.source
  • 1894May Day riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio.source

20th century

  • 1905March 10 – In Cleveland, Ohio, Cassie Chadwick is sentenced for 14 years in prison for fraud.source
  • 1908March 4 – The Collinwood school fire near Cleveland, Ohio kills 175.source
  • 1908March 4 – The Collinwood School Fire, near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.source
  • 1914August 5 – The first electric traffic light is installed between Euclid Avenue and East 105 Street, in Cleveland, Ohio.source
  • 1921October 8 – The first Sweetest Day is staged in Cleveland, Ohio.source
  • 1952December 14 – The first successful surgical separation of conjoined twins is conducted in Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.source
  • 1955October 20 – Disc jockey Bill Randle of WERE (Cleveland) is the key presenter of a concert at Brooklyn High School (Ohio), featuring Pat Boone and Bill Haley & His Comets and opening with Elvis Presley, not only Elvis's first performance north of the Mason–Dixon line, but also his first filmed performance, for a documentary on Randle titled The Pied Piper of Cleveland.source
  • 1957June 25 – The United Church of Christ is formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.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
  • 1968July 23–28 – Black militants led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans engage in a fierce gunfight with police in the Glenville Shootout of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States, leaving 7 people killed.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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