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Ohioan Ulysses S. Grant elected to his first of two terms as the 18th President of the United States.
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The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, founded
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Originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, The Ohio State University chartered by the Ohio General Assembly.
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Ohioan Rutherford B. Hayes elected the 19th President of the United States.
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Ohioan Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.
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Ohioan James A. Garfield elected the 20th President of the United States.
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Charles Guiteau shot President Garfield, who died three months later, in Washington, D.C.
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Cincinnati Courthouse Riot brought destruction and death to Cincinnati.
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Ohioan Benjamin Harrison elected the 23rd President of the United States.
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The first gasoline-powered automobile in the U.S. invented.