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Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

Timeline of Events

1796

7.22.1796

Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.

1914

8.5.1914

In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

1929

5.15.1929

A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.

8.11.1929

Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

1952

3.21.1952

Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.

1967

11.7.1967

Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.

1968

7.23.1968

Glenville Shootout: in Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.

1978

12.16.1978

Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.