Yak Shaving Day 2016

July 17-23 -- State of Ohio Flag

July 17, 1941 -- The longest hitting streak in baseball history ended when the Cleveland Indians pitchers held New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitless for the first time in 57 games.

July 18, 1877 -- Ohio Born Thomas Edison (Milan) records the human voice for the first time

July 18, 1921 -- John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, is born in Cambridge, Ohio

July 19, 1863 -- The only major Civil War engagement in Ohio, The Battle of Buffington Island, was fought and won by the Union Cavalry (Meigs County)

July 20, 1969 -- Ohio born Neil Armstrong (Wapakoneta) became the first man to walk on the moon.

July 21, 1899 -- Poet Hart Crane was born in Garrettsville

July 22, 1796 -- General Moses Cleaveland founded Cleveland, Ohio

July 23, 1885 -- Ohio born President U.S. Grant (Point Pleasant) dies

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