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. 4-10, 1976.
More stories from the archives
• 5 things to love about the epic Dayton chocolate-maker Esther Price
• The Bethel Bees were a 3-season basketball juggernaut: Remembering Dayton’s first state champion
• Col. Charles Young, military luminary, blazed a trail for generations
Did you know?
Here are a few great Dayton history facts we’ve learned from our stories:
• When it opened in 1964, the Southland 75 boasted the largest screen in Ohio, measuring 135 feet by 56 feet.
• Before it was known as Piqua, the village that was surveyed in 1807 was originally named Washington.
• John Jakes, the famous author of American Bicentennial series, was born in Kettering.
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