DAYTON, OHIO

'Dayton' is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. The 'Dayton metropolitan area', or 'Greater Dayton', which includes the communities of Vandalia, Trotwood, Kettering, Piqua, Tipp City, Centerville, Beavercreek, Fairborn, West Carrollton, Huber Heights, Troy, and Miamisburg, had a population of 843,577 as of the 2005 estimate. Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Dayton plays host to significant industrial, aerospace, and technological/engineering research activity and is known for the many technical innovations and inventions developed there. The city was the home of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, which brought an end to the war in Bosnia. The Wright brothers, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, and entrepreneur John H. Patterson were born in Dayton. The Dayton area is home to several major international, national, and regional corporations, including NCR, Reynolds & Reynolds, ChemStation International, Liberty Bank, NewPage Corporation, Standard Register, WorkflowOne (formally Relizon), Huffy Bicycles, LexisNexis, and Mead prior to becoming MeadWestvaco.

Contents

History

Involvement in World War II

Dayton Peace Accords

Nicknames

Geography

Climate

Demographics

Households

Age structure and gender ratio

Income

Metropolitan Statistical Area

Political structure

Crime

Urban design and architecture

Culture and recreation

Sports

Media

Newspapers

Television

Radio

AM format

FM format

Transportation

Education

Notable natives

Points of interest

Museums

Trivia

Sister Cities

References

External links

History

Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796 by a small group of US settlers seven years before the admission of Ohio to the Union in 1803. The town was incorporated in 1805 and given its name after Jonathan Dayton, a captain in the American Revolutionary War and signer of the U.S. Constitution.
In 1797, Daniel C. Cooper laid out the Mad River Road, the first overland connection between Cincinnati, Ohio and Dayton. This opened up the "Mad River Country" at Dayton and the upper Miami Valley to settlement.
The Miami and Erie Canal, built in the 1830s, connected the Dayton commerce from Lake Erie via the Great Miami River and served as the principal route of transportation for western Ohio until the 1850s.
The catastrophic Great Dayton Flood of March 1913 severely affected much of the city, stimulated the growth of suburban communities outside central Dayton in areas lying further from the Miami River and on higher ground, and led to the establishment of the Miami Conservancy District in 1914. The flood remains an event of note in popular memory and local histories. The high waters damaged some of the Wright Brothers' glass plate photographic negatives of their glider flights at Kitty Hawk and power flights over Huffman Prairie near Dayton.

Involvement in World War II

During World War II Dayton, like many other American cities, was heavily involved in the war effort. Residential neighborhoods in Dayton and in nearby Oakwood hosted the Dayton Project, in which the Monsanto Chemical Company developed methods to industrially produce polonium for use in the triggers of early atomic bombs, including those dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Dayton was also home to the National Cash Register Company whose employees built airplane engines, bomb sights and code-breaking machines, including the American bombe designed by Joseph Desch which helped crack the Enigma machine.

Dayton Peace Accords

Main articles: Dayton Agreement

The Dayton Agreement, a peace accord between the parties to the hostilities of the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia, was negotiated in the Dayton area. Negotiations took place from November 1, 1995 to November 21, 1995 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton.

Nicknames

Dayton's primary nickname is the "Gem City". The origin of the name is no longer clear; it appears to stem either from a well-known racehorse named "Gem" that hailed from Dayton, or from descriptions of the city likening it to a ''gem''. The most likely origin appears to be an 1845 article in the Cincinnati Daily Chronicle newspaper, by an author writing with the byline "T", which reads
:''In a small bend of the Great Miami River, with canals on the east and south, it can be fairly said, without infringing on the rights of others, that Dayton is the gem of all our interior towns. It possesses wealth, refinement, enterprise, and a beautiful country, beautifully developed.''^[1]
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) later acknowledged the nickname in his poem, "Toast to Dayton", which contains this stanza:
:''She shall ever claim our duty,''
:''For she shines—the brightest gem''
:''That has ever decked with beauty''
:''Dear Ohio's diadem.''
The city was advertised as "The Gem City, the Cleanest City in America" in the 1950s, 60s and into the 70s. The phrase was often seen on public trash cans, and other places throughout the city during this time period.
Ohio's nickname "Birthplace of Aviation" is also frequently seen due to Dayton being the hometown of the Wright Brothers. In their bicycle shop in Dayton, the Wrights developed the principles of aerodynamics, and designed and constructed a number of gliders and portions of their first airplane. After their first manned flights in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wrights continued testing at nearby Huffman Prairie.^[2]

Geography

Dayton is located at (39.762708, -84.196665). The city sits in the Miami River Valley, north of Cincinnati, well south of Toledo, south-west of Columbus, and east of Richmond, Indiana, in the southwest quadrant of the state. Most official and government designations place it in ''west-central Ohio'' (a term which colloquially often refers to Lima, Ohio). It is at the confluence of the Great Miami River, the Stillwater and Mad rivers, and Wolf Creek. Greater Dayton is generally referred to by locals as the Miami Valley, which is understood to mean the area south of Sidney and north of Middletown, and west of Springfield to the Indiana border

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 146.7 km² (56.6 mi²). 144.5 km² (55.8 mi²) of it is land and 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²) of it (1.55%) is water.

Climate

Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rec High °F	71	73	82	89	93	102	102	102	101	89	79	72
Norm High °F	33.7	38.2	49.3	60.7	71.2	80.1	84.2	82.3	75.6	63.5	50.1	38.5
Norm Low °F	19	22.4	31.2	40.4	51.1	60.2	64.4	62.2	54.6	43.5	34.3	24.4
Rec Low °F	-25	-16	-7	15	27	40	44	39	32	21	-2	-20
Precip (in)	2.6	2.29	3.29	4.03	4.17	4.21	3.75	3.49	2.65	2.72	3.3	3.08
''Source: USTravelWeather.com''

The region is dominated by a humid continental climate, characterized by hot, muggy summers and cold, dry winters. The highest temperature ever recorded in Dayton was 102°F and the coldest was -25°F.
Dayton is subject to severe weather typical to the Midwestern United States. Tornadoes are possible from the spring to the fall.
Floods, blizzards, and severe thunderstorms can also occur from time to time.

Demographics

:''Note: the following demographic information applies only to the city of Dayton proper. For other Dayton-area communities, see their respective articles.''
As of the census of 2000, there were 166,179 people, 67,409 households, and 37,614 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,150.3/km² (2,979.3/mi²). There were 77,321 housing units at an average density of 535.2/km² (1,386.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 53.40% White, 43.10%% Black, 0.30% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Dayton remains largely segregated, with African Americans residing on the West and Whites on the East in the City Proper.

Households

There were 67,409 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.2% were married couples living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.04.

Age structure and gender ratio

The age structure of Dayton's population is:

★ under 18 years: 25.1%

★ 18 to 24 years: 14.2%

★ 25 to 44 year: 29.0%

★ 45 to 64 years: 19.6%

★ 65 years of age or older: 12.0%
The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males, while for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

Income

The median income for a household in the city was $27,523, and the median income for a family was $34,978. Males had a median income of $30,816 versus $24,937 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,547. About 18.2% of families and 23.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.0% of those under age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over.

Metropolitan Statistical Area

The former Dayton-Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) included Montgomery, Miami, Clark, and Greene counties and had a population of 950,558 in 2000. In 2003, the MSA was split into the Springfield MSA, which includes only Clark County, and the Dayton MSA, which includes Montgomery, Miami, Greene, and Preble counties.

Political structure

Main articles: Politics of Dayton, Ohio


In 1913, Dayton became the first large city in the United States to adopt the council-manager system of city government. In this system, the mayor is merely the chairperson of the city commission and has one vote on the commission just like the other commissioners. The commission chooses a city manager, who holds administrative authority over the city government.
The city also encourages participation by residents through the use of neighborhood associations and priority boards. A total of 65 neighborhoods comprise seven priority board districts.
:''See also:''

Crime

Like many midwestern cities suffering from a declining manufacturing base, the city has seen an high poverty rate, although that rate declined during the 1990s.GM and its spinoff Delphi's factories, just to name a few, make up much of the city's employment.
While the past five years have shown a general decrease in crime, Dayton has historically had high crime rates. According to FBI Uniform Crime Reports, in 2005 the crime rate per capita was more than twice the national average in the areas of murder, robbery, motor vehicle theft, rape, and burglary.^[3] Dayton also had a the 3rd highest crime rate per capita in the State, putting Cleveland 1st, Cincinnati in 2nd and Toledo in 4th.
Mayor Rhine McLin is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition^[4], a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston, Massachusetts Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Dayton also has a high number of abandoned buildings and structures throughout the city, although the City has increased funding for demolition in recent years. Residents of Dayton believe that the abandoned buildings and structures are the beds for crime and drugs in the neighborhoods. One can compare the abandonment of buildings in Dayton to cities such as Detroit, Michigan; Gary, Indiana; and Flint, Michigan.

Urban design and architecture

Unlike many midwestern cities of its age, Dayton has very broad and straight downtown streets (generally two full lanes in each direction), facilitating access to the downtown even after the automobile became popular. The main reason for the broad streets was that Dayton was a marketing and shipping center from its beginning: streets were broad to enable wagons drawn by teams of three to four pairs of oxen to turn around. In addition, some of today's streets were once barge canals flanked by draw-paths.
A courthouse building was constructed in downtown Dayton in 1888 to supplement Dayton's original Neoclassical courthouse, which still stands. This second, "new" courthouse has since been replaced with new facilities as well as a park.
Dayton's nine historic neighborhoods — Oregon District, Wright Dunbar, Dayton View, Grafton Hill, McPherson Town, Webster Station, Huffman, St. Anne's Hill, and South Park — feature mostly single-family houses and mansions in the Neoclassical, Jacobethan, Tudor Revival, English Gothic, Chateauesque, Craftsman, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival, Colonial Revival, Renaissance Revival Architecture, Shingle Style Architecture, Prairie, Mission Revival, Eastlake/Italianate, American Foursquare, and Federal styles of architecture.^[5]
The two tallest buildings of the Dayton skyline are the Kettering Tower at 408 ft (124 m) and the MeadWestvaco Tower at 385 ft (117 m)^[6]. Kettering Tower was originally Winters Tower, the headquarters of Winters Bank. The building was renamed after Virginia Kettering when Winters was merged into BankOne.

Culture and recreation

Dayton is home to the Dayton Art Institute, a museum of fine arts. The National Museum of the United States Air Force is at nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The Dayton Metro Library is a library system consisting of 23 locations across the metropolitan area, with the Main Library located in downtown Dayton.
The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park commemorates the lives and achievements of Dayton natives Orville and Wilbur Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park is located on the south end of Dayton. SunWatch is the location of a 12th century American Indian village that has been partially reconstructed and includes a museum where visitors can learn about the Indian history of the Miami Valley.
Dayton is also home to a variety of performing arts venues. The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center at the corner of Second and Main, is the home performance venue of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dayton Opera. In addition to Philharmonic and Opera performances, the Schuster Center hosts concerts, lectures, traveling Broadway shows, and is a popular spot for weddings and other events. The historic Victoria Theatre, located at the corner of First and Main, hosts concerts, traveling Broadway shows, ballet, a summertime classic film series, and much more. The Loft Theatre, also on Main Street, is the home of the Human Race Theatre Company.
South of Dayton in Kettering is the Fraze Pavilion which hosts many nationally and internationally known musicians for concerts. Also south of downtown, on the banks of the Great Miami River, is the University of Dayton Arena, home venue for the University of Dayton Flyers basketball teams and the location of various other events and concerts. North of Dayton is the Hara Arena and the Nutter Center, venues that frequently host sporting events and concerts. The Nutter Center is the home arena for athletics of Wright State University and the Dayton Bombers.
From 1996 to 1998, Dayton hosted the National Folk Festival.
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association annually hosts North America's largest hamfest at Hara Arena in Trotwood^[7], a neighboring suburb. Amateur radio operators are commonly referred to as "hams" with as many as 25,000 traveling from around the world to attend this convention.

Sports

Club	Sport	League	Venue
Dayton Dragons	Baseball	Midwest League	Fifth Third Field
Dayton Bombers	Ice hockey	ECHL	Nutter Center
Dayton Jets	Basketball	IBL	varies
The Marshals	Indoor football	NIFL	Hara Arena

Dayton also has an amateur women's ice hockey team, the Dayton Fangs, established in August 2005. The Gem City Rollergirls, a women's roller derby league, began forming in early 2006, women's rugby, the Flying Pigs, a professional and amateur mixed martial arts circuit Ohio Xtreme Fightingestablished in 2006,

Media

Newspapers

The principal general-circulation daily newspaper in the region is the ''Dayton Daily News'', which is owned by Cox Enterprises. ''Christian Citizen USA'' (currently doing business as ''Citizen USA''), which claims to uphold "traditional values" and distances itself from secular media,^[8] is a newspaper with circulation in greater Dayton and its surrounding suburban communities. The Dayton City Paper is a free weekly circulation newspaper formerly known as the Impact Weekly. The Kettering-Oakwood Times, part of the Brown Publishing family, is a weekly with circulation primarily in the south suburban communities. Brown weeklies have a circulation of over 100,000 in the Metro-Dayton area. Flyer News is the semiweekly student newspaper at the University of Dayton and serves the campus community. The ''Guardian'' is the weekly student newspaper at Wright State University. And, the Clarion is the student newspaper of Sinclair Community College.

Television

The Dayton metro area's broadcast television stations are as follows:

★ WDTN, Channel 2 – NBC, operated by LIN TV

★ WHIO-TV, Channel 7 – CBS, operated by Cox Communications

★ WPTD, Channel 16 – PBS, operated by ThinkTV (formerly known as ''Greater Dayton Public Television''), which also operates WPTO, assigned to Oxford, Ohio

★ WKEF, Channel 22 – ABC, operated by Sinclair Broadcasting

★ WBDT, Channel 26 – The CW/i, operated by Acme Television

★ WRGT-TV, Channel 45 – Fox/My Network TV, operated under a local marketing agreement by Sinclair Broadcasting
The Dayton television market is ranked the #59 Nielsen DMA in the United States.
Nationally syndicated morning talk show The Daily Buzz originated from WBDT-TV, the Acme property in Miamisburg, Ohio before moving to its current home in Florida.

Radio

AM format

★ WLW 700 - News/Talk (based in Cincinnati)

★ WPFB 910 - Classic Country (based in Middletown)

★ WONE 980 – sports (Fox Sports)

★ WGNZ 1110 - gospel hit radio (based in Fairborn)

★ WDAO 1210 – black contemporary / soul music

★ WHIO 1290 – news and talk (Cox Communications-owned, Fox News Radio Affiliate)

★ WIZE 1340 - repeater for WONE 980 (based in Springfield)

★ WING 1410 – sports (ESPN Radio)

★ WBZI 1500 - country (based in Xenia) plus repeaters WEDI 1130 in Eaton and WKFI 1090 in Wilmington

★ WPTW 1570 - high school sports (based in Piqua)

★ WULM 1600 - 60's, 70's, 80's, Top 40 (based in Springfield)

★ 1610 - Informational Radio (Based in Kettering)

FM format

★ WDPR 88.1 – Dayton Public Radio, classical

★ WCSU 88.9 – Urban jazz and gospel

★ WQRP 89.5 – Praise 89.5, Christian Praise and Worship

★ WCDR 90.3 – Christian (based in nearby Cedarville, Ohio)

★ WYSO 91.3 – National Public Radio (based in nearby Yellow Springs, Ohio)

★ WROU 92.1 – Urban adult contemporary

★ WGTZ 92.9 – Top 40 pop (Z93)

★ WFCJ 93.7 – Christian (WFCJ Inspiration!)

★ WDKF 94.5 – Top 40 rhythmic pop (Channel 945)

★ WSWD 94.9 - Adult alternative (94.9 The Sound - based in Fairfield, Ohio)

★ WZLR 95.3 – Classic hits (95.3 The Eagle)

★ WHIO 95.7 – News and talk (WHIO FM) (Simulcasts with WHIO 1290AM)

★ WFTK 96.5 - Talk radio (Supertalk FM - based in Lebanon, Ohio)

★ WOKL 96.9 - Contemporary Christian (based in Troy, repeater of K-LOVE 89.3 FM in Winchester, Oregon)

★ WSWO 97.7/101.5 - Ultimate Oldies (based in Huber Heights)

★ WUDR 98.1/99.5 - Flyer Radio (University of Dayton)

★ WKET 98.3 - Student run station out of Fairmont High School (Impact 98.3) (Based in Kettering)

★ WHKO 99.1 – Country (K99.1FM)

★ WLQT 99.9 – Soft adult contemporary (Lite 99.9)

★ WEEC 100.7 - Christian

★ WCWT 101.5 - Student run station out of Centerville High School ((Based in Centerville)

★ WDHT 102.9 – Urban (Hot 102.9)

★ WGRR 103.5 - Oldies (Based in Hamilton, Ohio)

★ WXEG 103.9 – Modern rock (The X)

★ WTUE 104.7 – Classic rock

★ WPFB 105.9 - Country (The Rebel 105.9)

★ WDSJ 106.5 – Smooth jazz (Smooth Jazz 106.5)

★ WWSU 106.9 – College radio (Wright State University)

★ WMMX 107.7 – Hot adult contemporary (Mix 107.7)
Some Cincinnati and other southwest Ohio radio and television stations can be received in parts of Dayton, as well.

Transportation

The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) operates public bus routes in the Dayton metro area. In addition to routes covered by traditional diesel-powered buses, RTA has a number of electric trolley bus routes. In continuous operation since 1888, Dayton's is the longest-running of the five remaining trolley bus systems in the U.S.
Air transportation is available via the James M. Cox Dayton International Airport, located in nearby Vandalia, just north of Dayton proper. People from nearby cities such as Cincinnati, Columbus, and Indianapolis travel and fly out of Dayton due to lower costs.
Liberty Cab (in operation since 1929), Checker Cab and Airport Checker Cab all provide taxicab service throughout the Dayton metro area.
Dayton is located on Interstate 75, which intersects Interstate 70 just north of the city. This intersection is also known as "Freedom Veterans Crossroads."
The intersection of Route 4 and Interstate 75 is also known to locals as Malfunction Junction, because of the sharp turn in the Northbound lanes of I-75 that causes heavy traffic delays during Rush Hour. That section of interstate is also known for traffic accidents.
There are talks underway with the Ohio Department of Transportation and the City of Dayton to expand the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 75 through downtown Dayton because of heavy traffic delays, and to improve the overall Interstate system in the city.
US 35 is also a major east-west highway passing through downtown Dayton, carrying commuters east to Xenia, Ohio or west to the Ohio-Indiana border.

Education

Dayton is home to two major universities: the University of Dayton, a private, Catholic institution founded in 1850 by the Marianist order, and the public Wright State University, which became a state university in 1967. Wright State University has the only medical school in the Dayton area. The University of Dayton has the only American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the Dayton area.^[9] The Kettering College of Medical Arts offers two-year and four-year degrees in several disciplines including nursing. The Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology is a career-focused college also located in Dayton.
Dayton is also home to one of the country's leading community colleges,^[10] Sinclair Community College (founded as a YMCA college in 1887).
Dayton Public High Schools are: Paul Laurence Dunbar High, Colonel White High, Meadowdale High, Patterson Career Center, Belmont High, and Stivers School for the Arts. Paul Laurence Dunbar High has won the Ohio Division II state men's basketball title in the past two years, in 2006 and 2007.
During the 1990s, The Dayton Public School System was the lowest performing school district in the state of Ohio. After a dramatic reconstructioning of the schools in the mid 2000s, the school system had a new superintendent. The district moved up from "academic emergency" to "continuous improvement", building new schools and the first all girls school in the City. The school districts motto states that "A New Day is Dawning" for Dayton Public Schools. On May 8, 2007, taxpayers voted against a school levy. As a result, class sizes were increased, transportation services were reduced and some athletic programs were cut as well.

Notable natives

;Actors, Entertainers, and Models

★ David Allen, actor/comedian

★ Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson

★ Phil Donahue, talk show host

★ Mel Epstein, film producer

★ Dorian Harewood, actor

★ Allison Janney, actress

★ Ken Jenkins, actor

★ Toccara Jones, American fashion model/TV personality

★ Gordon Jump, actor (also claimed by Cincinnati for his role in ''WKRP in Cincinnati'')

★ Chad Lowe, actor

★ Rob Lowe, actor

★ Wendy Pepper reality TV star and fashion designer

★ Gary Sandy, actor

★ Martin Sheen, actor

★ Jonathan Winters, actor/comedian

★ Dan Patrick (Pugh), sports anchor
;Astronauts

★ Charles Bassett
;Athletes

★ Rob Dyrdek, Professional Skateboarder, Alien Workshop

★ Will Allen, NFL safety

★ Roosevelt Chapman, Basketball Hall of Famer and All-Time Leading Scorer at the University of Dayton

★ Roger Clemens, baseball player

★ Marco Coleman, NFL defensive tackle

★ Charles Daniels, Olympic freestyle swimmer

★ Ron Harper, basketball player

★ John Paxson, basketball player, coach, manager, broadcaster

★ Don May, NBA player 1968-75 (New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Kansas City Kings)

★ Jim Paxson Jr., NBA player 1979-90 (Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics); Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager

★ A.J. Hawk, NFL linebacker

★ Todd Hollandsworth, baseball player

★ Darrell Jackson, NFL wide receiver

★ Dave Krynzel, baseball player

★ Ron Lyle, boxer

★ Nick Mangold, NFL offensive lineman

★ Edwin C. Moses, Olympic track and field athlete

★ Mike Nugent, NFL kicker

★ Peerless Price, NFL wide receiver

★ Mike Schmidt, baseball player

★ Chris Hero, pro wrestler

★ Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle

★ Tamika Williams, basketball player in the WNBA

★ Kirk Herbstreit, Former Ohio State quarterback, current football analyst

★ Nikki Fuller, professional female bodybuilder

★ Megan Duffy, basketball player in the WNBA

★ Michael Patt, professional mixed martial arts fighter

★ Jeff Graham, NFL receiver
;Writers and Cartoonists

★ Richard H. Brodhead, higher-education author and President of Duke University

★ Erma Bombeck, nationally-known columnist and author

★ Paul Laurence Dunbar, noted early African-American poet

★ Cathy Guisewite, national cartoonist

★ Mike Peters, nationally-syndicated opinion cartoonist

★ Tim Waggoner, horror and fantasy writer.
;Entrepreneurs

★ Larry Augustin, An active member of the OpenSource community

★ Wright Brothers, inventors of the airplane

★ Edward A. Deeds, engineer, inventor, industrialist

★ Charles Kettering, inventor of the automobile self-starter

★ John H. Patterson, founder of National Cash Register

★ Paul Iams, Founder of The Iams Company

★ Carl Lindner, Jr., Businessman worth 2.3 Billion dollars

★ Nancy Lynn, Business owner, pilot, and public speaker

★ Clay Mathile, Billionaire and former owner of Iams

★ James Ritty, inventor of the cash register
;Military

★ Sidney Souers, First Director of the CIA

★ Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command

★ Joe C. Paul, Medal of Honor recipient

★ Joseph G. Lapointe Jr, Medal of Honor recipient

★ Tony Stein, Medal of Honor recipient

★ Charles G. Bickham, Medal of Honor recipient

★ Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient
;Musicians

★ Stevie Brock, pop singer

★ Kim Deal, rock musician, member of Pixies, The Amps, and The Breeders with sister Kelley Deal

★ Rick Derringer, rock musician

★ Tommy James, rock musician and singer of "Mony Mony"

★ Kim Richey singer/songwriter

★ Bud Shank, saxophonist on the international jazz scene

★ Roger Troutman and Zapp, musicians/producers

★ Johnnie Wilder, Jr., founder and lead singer, and Keith Wilder, founder, Heatwave (band), R&B group

★ Brainiac, rock group, and singer John Schmersal, who went on to form Enon

★ Dayton, funk/R&B group

★ Dead Poetic, rock group

★ Devil Wears Prada, Christian rock group

★ Guided by Voices, rock group, and singer Robert Pollard

★ Swearing at Motorists, rock group

★ Hawthorne Heights, post hardcore group

★ Lakeside, funk group

★ Ohio Players, funk group

★ Slave, funk group

★ Toxic Reasons, punk rock pioneers

★ Jon Frederic West, opera singer

★ Lab Partners, rock group

★ Mark Miller, lead singer of country group Sawyer Brown

★ Heartless Bastards, blues rock band
;Politicians

★ Logan Martinez, Green Party Politician, Activist, Columnist

★ James Middleton Cox, Congressman, Ohio governor, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, founder of Cox Enterprises
;Other

★ Ahad Israfil, gunshot victim

★ W.S. McIntosh, Civil Rights Activist

★ Norman Steenrod, influential mathematician.
;Fictional

★ Joe Gillis, character in the movie ''Sunset Boulevard''

★ Jiminy Glick, fictional talk show host played by Martin Short

★ C.J. Cregg, character in the TV series ''The West Wing''

★ Robert Bruce Banner, alter ego of The Incredible Hulk

Points of interest

★ Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark

★ Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum

Museums

★ Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

★ Carillon Historical Park

★ Dayton Art Institute

★ Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

★ Dayton International Peace Museum

★ Montgomery County Historical Society

★ National Museum of the United States Air Force

★ SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park

★ Americas Packard Museum

★ Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm

Trivia

★ The city has a rich heritage of inventions and innovations, with more patents per capita than any other city in the nation. Some of these inventions include the powered airplane, cash register, the stepladder, microfiche, waterproof cellophane, pop top beverage cans, the movie projector, space food, parking meters, the aircraft supercharger, the automobile self-starter, gas masks, and the parachute.

★ Dayton has received the All-America City Award three times.

★ The first American Professional Football Association (precursor to the NFL) game was played in Triangle Park between the Dayton Triangles and the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920.

★ The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton on August 19, 1934.

★ The Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner, is from Dayton in the Marvel Comics universe. This was in the original comic book version, and not necessarily in the tv show, movie, or Ultimate comic book versions.

★ Dayton was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad that connected Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and Chicago and St. Louis.

★ In May 2004 a traffic accident was recorded on video at the intersection of Third Street and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard in Dayton, Ohio. The video became a somewhat popular email item due to its unbelievable depiction of a pedestrian being hit by one of the vehicles.^[11]

★ The city of Dayton, Ohio is mentioned in the critically-acclaimed Kurt Vonnegut novel Slaughterhouse-Five as well the location of an insane asylum in Sherwood Anderson's novel, Winesburg, Ohio

★ Homer and Marge Simpson visit Dayton in The Simpson's episode Catch 'Em if You Can.

Sister Cities

Dayton has five sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

★ Augsburg, Germany

★ Holon, Israel

★ Monrovia, Liberia

★ Oiso, Japan

★ Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

External links

★ Official city website

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★ Dayton Daily News

★ Dayton Metro Library

★ Dayton History Books Online

★ Dayton Public Schools

★ Greater Dayton RTA Bus Lines

★ History of NCR

★ Visitors' information (from Wright State University)

★ What Dreams We Have, The Wright Brothers and Their Hometown of Dayton, OH