In honor of this historic milestone, the DDN is taking a look back 50 years in a weekly series highlighting what was happening in Dayton around the 200th anniversary, back in 1976.
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For this edition of Vintage Dayton, we look back at the week of Jan. 25-31, 1976.
More stories from the archives
• Rike’s Department Store: The history of a Dayton legend that traces back to 1853
• Belmont Billiards: The history of a Dayton pool hall since 1925
• Miami Valley Hospital history: More than 130 years of caring for Dayton and beyond
Did you know?
Here are a few great Dayton history facts we’ve learned from our stories:
• Daytonian Charles Francis Jenkins deserves much of the credit for inventing the television.
• George Rogers Clark was only 28 years old when he led more than 1,000 soldiers and militia into the Battle of Peckuwe.
• The “Great Appalachian Storm” of 1950 impacted 22 states, killed 353 people and created, in 1950 dollars, almost $67 million in damage.
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