Events in Toledo History
- 1836-12-14 The Toledo War unofficially ends, boundary dispute between Ohio state and territory of Michigan
- 1884-05-01 Catcher Moses Walker is acknowledged as the first African-American to play major league baseball joining the Toledo Blue Stockings
- 1895-02-26 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio, patents a glass-blowing machine to make glass bottles
Dempsey vs Willard
1919-07-04 Jack Dempsey beats champion Jess Willard, retired in 3rd round in Toledo, Ohio for world heavyweight championship
- 1934-05-23 The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers
- 1936-01-15 1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio
Siege of the Alcázar
1936-09-27 Francisco Franco's nationalist Army of Africa captures the Alcázar of Toledo after a two month siege
- 1948-07-21 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949-07-10 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, Ohio
- 1958-12-05 WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1960-10-10 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo
- 1960-10-10 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1963-11-16 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
- 1966-05-03 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1976-03-04 John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
- 1996-06-10 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo, Ohio, on WBUZ 106.5 FM
- 2005-10-15 Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested
Famous People from Toledo
- 1877-07-06 David Stanley Smith, American composer (Merrymount), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1949)
- 1879-06-11 Roger Bresnahan, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, outfielder and manager (World Series 1905 NY Giants; St. Louis Cardinals; first shin guards and batting helmet), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1944)
- 1880-07-04 George Mullin, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers; no-hitter 1912), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1944)
- 1885-09-06 Otto Kruger, American actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1974)
- 1887-12-23 John Cromwell, American actor and director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1979)
- 1905-05-25 Joseph C. Harsch, American newscaster (Background), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1998)
- 1905-12-28 Cliff Arquette, comedian (Charlie Weaver), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1974)
- 1910-10-13 Art Tatum [Arthur Tatum Jr], American jazz pianist and composer, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1956)
- 1914-12-31 Pat Brady [Robert Ellsworth O'Brady], American actor (The Roy Rogers Show, Man from Music Mountain), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1972)
- 1915-03-28 Selma Rubin, American environmental activist (Earth Day co-founder), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2012)
- 1916-08-16 Iggy Katona, American race car driver, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2003)
- 1916-11-16 Daws Butler, American animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1988)
- 1918-05-29 Herb Shriner, American humorist and TV host (Herb Shriner Show), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1970)
- 1928-06-08 Kate Wilhelm, American fiction author (Hugo Award: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2018)
- 1931-05-07 Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer ("Put Another Nickel In"), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2007)
- 1931-07-13 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil's Advocate, Hanky Panky), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2007)
- 1931-09-10 Philip Baker Hall, American actor (Secret Honor, Hard Eight, Magnolia), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2022)
- 1931-09-26 Donald J. Pease, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2002)
Gloria Steinem (90 years old)
1934-03-25 American feminist and publisher (Ms Magazine), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1934-07-01 Jamie Farr [Jameel Farah], American actor (M*A*S*H & AfterMASH - "Cpl. Klinger"), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1942-06-29 Larry Snyder, American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1969; George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award 1989), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2018)
- 1944-04-16 Dennis Russell Davies, American conductor and composer, born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1946-03-28 Alejandro Toledo, 63rd President of Peru (2001-06), born in Cabana, Peru
- 1946-06-17 Marcy Kaptur, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Toledo, Ohio
P. J. O'Rourke (1947-2022)
1947-11-14 American journalist and satirist (Parliament of Whores; National Lampoon), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1949-11-30 Ruby Starr [Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak], American rock singer (Black Oak Arkansas), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1995)
- 1950-09-12 Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1955-03-10 Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and musician (Jayhawks), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1957-03-23 Teresa Ganzel, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory), born in Toledo, Ohio
Anita Baker (66 years old)
1958-01-26 American jazz and soul singer ("Giving You the Best That I Got"; "Sweet Love"), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1962-08-08 Suzee Pai, American actress (Big Trouble in Little China), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1967-07-31 Sean O'Neill, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1974-04-24 Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer (Supernatural), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1977-01-31 Kate Shindle, American actress, born in Toledo, Ohio
Katie Holmes (45 years old)
1978-12-18 American actress (Dawson's Creek, Batman Begins), born in Toledo, Ohio
Stacy Lewis (39 years old)
1985-02-16 American golfer (ANA Inspiration 2011, Women's British Open 2013), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1986-01-15 Fred Davis, American football player, born in Toledo, Ohio
Famous Americans
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
50 Cent
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr