On January 22, 1936, Earl Kiser was buried with a leg he had lost in an accident 31 years before.
On May 26, 1870, spectators watched as their local baseball team, the Daytons, went down in defeat against the Cincinnati Red.
The first Downtown Dayton Days event was held on May 14, 1959.
On April 26, 1944, with Howard Hughes as the co-pilot, Orville Wright took the controls of an airplane one last time.
On April 19, 1861, a water spaniel by the name of Curley went off to fight in the Civil War.
On January 22, 1936, Earl Kiser was buried with a leg he had lost in an accident 31 years before