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84 unusual facts about Cincinnati


1970 Cincinnati Open

The 1970 Cincinnati Open (also known as the Western Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1970 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix.

1971 Cincinnati Open

The 1971 Cincinnati Open, also known as the Western Open Championships, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix.

1972 Cincinnati Open

The 1972 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix.

1973 Cincinnati Open

The 1973 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix.

1974 Cincinnati Open

The 1974 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix.

1975 Cincinnati Open

The 1975 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix.

1977 Cincinnati Open

The 1977 Cincinnati Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix.

1978 Cincinnati Open

The 1978 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1978 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix.

1979 Cincinnati Open

The 1979 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1979 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix.

1980 Cincinnati Open

The 1980 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1980 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix.

1981 Cincinnati Open

The 1981 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1981 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix.

1982 Cincinnati Open

The 1982 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1982 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1982 Volvo Grand Prix.

1983 Cincinnati Open

The 1983 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1983 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix.

1984 Cincinnati Open

The 1984 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1984 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix.

1985 Cincinnati Open

The 1985 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1985 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix.

1986 Cincinnati Open

The 1986 Cincinnati Open (Also known as the Thriftway ATP Championships and 1986 Pringles Light Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix and the men's draw was held from August 18 through August 24, 1986.

1991 Winchester 400

Glenn Allen, Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio scored the biggest win of his ASA career in the 1991 Winchester 400.

2008 Chinese heparin adulteration

In November 2008, the FDA seized eleven lots of heparin from Celsus Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer in Cincinnati, Ohio.

21st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The regiment left its quarters at Ionia, Michigan on the 12th of September in command of Colonel Stevens, 1,008 strong, under orders to report at Cincinnati.

American Sign Museum

The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, preserves, archives, and displays a collection of signs.

Barry McCarty

McCarty left Cincinnati Christian University in 1993 to enter new church work, leading the Lakota Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio to grow from a small group meeting in a rented schoolhouse cafeteria to over 1000 members in

Beaver Valley Mall

In 2006, when The May Department Stores Company was purchased by Cincinnati based Federated Department Stores, this location was renamed Macy's.

Big East Conference

Old Dominion will also play field hockey in the league, while Cincinnati will play women's lacrosse.

Bill Rank

He was a member of the WLW radio staff orchestra in Cincinnati from 1942 to 1947 and led a local Dixieland group called the Over The Hill Gang.

Blanche Arral

Arral was married to Hamilton Dwight Bassett, a journalist from Cincinnati.

Boris Podolsky

In 1935, he took a post as professor of mathematical physics at the University of Cincinnati.

In 1961, he moved to the Xavier University, Cincinnati, where he worked until his death in 1966.

Caroll C. Cropper Bridge

Built in 1977, the four-lane arched truss span provides a western Ohio River crossing for the Interstate 275 beltway around the Cincinnati area.

Charles Bunstein Stover

Ardolph Loges Kline, the Mayor of New York City had Stover suspended, and he mailed in a letter of resignation from Cincinnati.

Charles Keeping

--International Exhibition of Lithography; presumably that is the-->Fifth International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithography in Cincinnati.

Chauncey J. Fox

They did not find any way to make a living and decided to go in a little boat to Cincinnati, but after two days on the Allegheny River met a settler in the woods, and stayed in his employ.

Cincinnati Work House and Hospital

Cincinnati Work House and Hospital was a registered historic building in the neighborhood of Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on March 3, 1980.

Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway

Somerset to Hixson, Tennessee, is dispatched by the South End Dispatcher, Knoxville.

Clarence Rufus J. Rivers

Rivers was the first African-American to be ordained in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Dan Driessen

In the early 1990s the family moved from Cincinnati to Hilton Head, where Driessen owns and operates Driessen Excavating Services and helps coach the Hilton Head High School baseball team.

Deaf climbers

Community services for the deaf hosts a climb a thon which provides services for individuals who are deaf in the Cincinnati area.

Edmund Gilchrist

A planned community in the Cincinnati suburbs with sections designed by different architects.

Elias Kumler House

By the 1850s, Kumler had become wealthy enough to engage in philanthropy, donating money in 1856 toward the construction of the Junction Railway between Hamilton, Ohio and Connersville, Indiana.

Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

Embry-Riddle began in 1925 as the Embry-Riddle Company, an aircraft dealer and airmail provider, founded by Talton Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Eric Himy

He was guest soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at age 15, and at 19 he made his National Symphony Orchestra debut under Hugh Wolf going on to win numerous competitions and awards including the Gold Medal at the 1988 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, the Kosciuszko Chopin Prize in New York, and top honors in the 1991 Milosz Magin International Competition in Paris.

Ferdinand Van Derveer

He was educated at Farmer's College, studied law, passed his bar exam and established his practice in Middletown.

Ford Frick

In 1957 during his tenure as commissioner, Frick addressed an organized campaign of ballot stuffing for that year's All-Star Game in which most of the ballots originated from Cincinnati and had stacked the National League team with Reds.

Francis Channing, 1st Baron Channing of Wellingborough

Channing born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, the youngest child and only son of American parents, Reverend William Henry Channing (1810–1884) and Julia Maria Allen (died 1889).

Great Midwest Conference

It was formed in 1990 with six members--Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League), and independent DePaul.

Gruen Watch Co.

It was in business from about 1894 to 1958 and was based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hans Rott

However, in the 20th century, Rott's work was largely forgotten; and only in 1989 was Rott's Symphony in E major finally premiered by the Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra under Gerhard Samuel, in a performing edition prepared by Paul Banks.

Hermis

He was purchased as a two-year-old by Cincinnati theatre man Henry M. Ziegler and would be sold to L. V. Bell who in turn sold him in 1903 to banker, Edward R. Thomas.

Interstate 74

In the state of Ohio, Interstate 74 runs southeast from the Indiana border to the western segment's current eastern terminus at Interstate 75 just north of downtown Cincinnati.

James Fitz-Morris

At the age of just 21, he was killed in an accident flying a Sopwith Camel in Cincinnati Ohio USA on August 14, 1918.

Jason Viebrooks

Over the past few years, Viebrooks has been playing with the Cincinnati band Lorenzo.

Jenő Takács

In addition, he was professor of piano and composition at the Cincinnati, Ohio.

Jessie Willcox Smith

Smith grew up privileged, attending private elementary schools, and at the age of sixteen was sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, to finish her education.

John Alexander Ahl

That year, he began in the real estate business, bought a paper mill in Newville, Pennsylvania, and served as a delegate to the 1856 Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati.

John W. Coe

He was for many years an active Republican, but joined the Liberal Republican Party in 1872, and was a delegate to the Liberal Republican National Convention in Cincinnati which nominated Horace Greeley for President.

Joker's Favor

The note the Joker has that says Charlie has changed his name to Don Wallace lists his address as 12 Marigold Lane, Springdale, Ohio a city near Cincinnati; however his area code is listed as 614, which is the Columbus, Ohio area code.

Julius Eckhardt Raht

Raht at first continued to operate them in an attempt to protect the investments of the owners in New York and New Orleans; but in 1863, after he was forced to purchase a Confederate army substitute and Federal troops destroyed the rail facilities and copper rolling mill in nearby Cleveland, Raht crossed the lines to live out the remainder of the war in Cincinnati, where there was a significant German community.

Mae Faggs

Heriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr1 (April 10, 1932 in Bayside, New York – January 27, 2000 in Cincinnati) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events.

Mark P. Painter

He went on to the University of Cincinnati, where he was elected president of the student body in 1969.

Mark Philip Painter (April 6, 1947), served from 1995–2009 as a judge of the Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals in Hamilton County (Cincinnati), after 13 years on the Hamilton County Municipal Court.

Max Margolis

In 1891 he was appointed to a fellowship in Semitic languages at Columbia University, and from 1892 to 1897 he was instructor, and later assistant professor, of Hebrew language and Biblical exegesis at the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati.

Maytenus tenuispina

Maytenus, as do most of the Celastraceae, harbours an alkaloid named celastrin first obtained from Celastrus scandens by Prof. Edward S. Wayne of Cincinnati in 1872 as a white, crystalline substance.

Michael D. Jones

After training for the ministry in Carmarthen and London, he emigrated to America and was ordained at Cincinnati.

Oleg Marshev

In 1990, Marshev took the gold medal at the AMSA Piano Competition in Cincinnati and just before the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Marshev settled in Italy.

Orie Solomon Ware

He was graduated from the private academy of Prof. George W. Dunlap, at Independence, Kentucky, in 1899, and from the law department of the University of Cincinnati at Cincinnati, Ohio, LL.B.

Ou Est La Rock?

Où Est la Rock? (French for "Where Is the Rock?") was released by then Cincinnati-based Fireball Ministry in 1999 on independent label "Bongload Records".

Performance Racing Industry

The PRI Trade show has been held in the following cities: Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashville, Columbus, Indianapolis and Orlando.

Planchette

In 1868, the C.Y. Fonda sheet music company of Cincinnati published the “Planchette Polka,” composed by August La Motte, dedicated to Kirby & Co, which was the dominate planchette manufacturer of the day.

Ralph Hitz

In 1927, Hitz was made the manager of Cincinnati's Hotel Gibson, and within two years, he had more than tripled the hotel's net income.

Robert Hardy Small

Although a lifelong Toronto resident, Small was born in Morrow, Ohio, United States, near Cincinnati, when his parents were temporarily outside of Canada.

Robert M. Moore

Robert M. Moore (1816–1880) was an Irish-born mayor of Cincinnati.

Rumpke Sanitary Landfill

In the 1930s, Barney and Bill Rumpke collected garbage from their neighbors without charge in the neighborhood of Carthage in Cincinnati.

Skag Heaven

While listening to the mixes, guitarist David Grubbs invited Karl Meyer of local band Human Zoo to do some backtracked vocals based on a dream related by Julian Bevan from the Cincinnati hardcore band Sluggo: “Tiny people, tiny people. So small you can fit them in the palm of your hand. Prove that they’re not real and win a hundred dollars.”

South Street Park

The site was later occupied by Big Four freight houses.

St. Anthony Messenger

Anthony Messenger is a national Roman Catholic family magazine published by the Franciscan Friars (O.F.M.) of St. John the Baptist Province, Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States, with the explicit ecclesiastical approval of the Archbishop of Cincinnati.

Sunflower revolution

The event is sponsored by the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute a part of UC HealthUniversity of Cincinnati.

The Babys

During a performance in Cincinnati on 9 December 1980 (the day after John Lennon had been murdered), John Waite was pulled from the stage by an overzealous fan during an encore and seriously injured his knee.

The Men of the Deeps

The Men of the Deeps have toured most of the major cities in North America and have also performed concerts specifically for fellow miners during United Mine Workers of America conventions in Cincinnati and Denver.

The Missouri Harmony

In 1850 a new edition appeared, with harmonies revised by “scientific musician” Charles Warren of Cincinnati, who purported to correct “several errors in the harmony.”

US Bank Centre – Cleveland

The outside building area was formally known as Star Plaza, as it was a location of Cincinnati based Star Bank, which in turn changed its name to Firstar after an acquisition.

West View Park

Before the start of the 1919 season, West View Park lost its founder; in February 1919, T. M. Harton had been stricken with influenza returning from a business meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Why You Wanna

At the end was a dedication to Phil who was killed in Cincinnati at the age of 26.

William Herbert Bixby

From 1897 to 1902 he oversaw improvements on the Ohio River and its tributaries from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati.

WQLH

Cumulus swapped WQLH and four other Green Bay stations to Clear Channel in 2009 in exchange for two Cincinnati radio stations; however, Cumulus continued to operate the stations.

Xavier Newswire

The Xavier Newswire (established 1915) is an independent newspaper published weekly during the academic year by the students of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.


2012–13 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team

This season was the first -and only- season to air on the Cincinnati radio station WCFN (now WOSL).

Anderson Ferry

A short distance southwest from this junction is KY 20's junction with Kentucky Route 212, which provides the main access to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Bill Seitz

After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, Seitz worked as a member of the Cincinnati Board of Education, and as a Green Township Trustee.

Black Brigade of Cincinnati

Peter H. Clark, Black Brigade of Cincinnati: Being a Report of Its Labors and a Muster-Roll of Its Members etc.

Brad Johansen

Brad Johansen is the former radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Bengals, He is the current play-by-play TV announcer for Bengals preseason games along with, being the current play-by-play announcer for the Xavier University men's basketball telecasts and College Football on CBS Sports Network.

Brad Loesing

He played on the same team as fellow Cincinnati natives Kyle Rudolph and Greg Scruggs, who both went on to careers in the NFL.

Bryan Volpenhein

Originally from Cincinnati, Volpenhein graduated from Kings High School in Kings Mills, Ohio and attended The Ohio State University, where he rowed for The Ohio State University Crew Club.

Carlos Alexander

Alexander has sung with companies in Buenos Aires, Vienna, Brussels, Canada, Copenhagen, Paris, Athens, Bayreuth (Beckmesser in Wieland Wagner's Die Meistersinger, 1963), Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Florence, Mexico City, Basel, Geneva, Zurich, Edinburgh, Glyndebourne, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Fort Worth, Hartford, etc.

Carol Hanks Aucamp

In doubles, she won the U.S. Indoor Doubles title (with Mary-Ann Eisel) in 1963, '64 and '65, and in 1958 with Nancy O'Connell, and won the title in Cincinnati in 1960 with Justina Bricka.

Charles Edward Smith

Following his pastorate in Cincinnati, he relocated to Fulton, New York, where he served with the Fulton Baptist Church for two years.

Charles Phelps Taft Research Center

Originally, the fund supported the departments of Literature, Language, Philosophy and History at the University of Cincinnati, together with Economics and Mathematics.

Cincinnati Red

He soon renamed himself to Cincinnati Red and joined the National Wrestling Conference, where he debuted on March 17, 1995 in a three-on-one handicap match, which he, RJ Rodriguez and The Wild Renegade lost to SWAT.

Darrell C. Richardson

He served as Director of the National Fantasy Fan Federation and was involved in the Cincinnati Fantasy Group and the Memphis Science Fiction Association.

Deer Creek Tunnel

The Deer Creek Tunnel is an incomplete and abandoned double-track railroad tunnel through the Walnut Hills in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

Don Cornell

When headlining at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky (which was later destroyed in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire) – in metropolitan Cincinnati – he appeared many times on the popular Ruth Lyons noon television program.

Francisville, Kentucky

Interstate 275, the beltway around Cincinnati, forms the southern edge of the CDP, with the community of Hebron to the south of I-275.

Harold Leighton Weller

Formal Conducting studies and mentors include Orien Dalley, and A. Clyde Roller (Interlochen); Robert Fountain, and David Robertson (Oberlin); Haig Yaghjian (Cincinnati Conservatory) and Richard Lert (1964, 1965, 1967; American Symphony Orchestra League; Conductor Institute).

Heinrich A. Rattermann House

In the following year, they moved to Cincinnati, where he worked at a lumberyard for more than a decade before founding a fire insurance company for German-Americans.

James McLaughlin

Kid McLaughlin (James Anson McLaughlin, 1888–1934), baseball player for the 1914 Cincinnati Reds

Ken Burkhart

With one out in the sixth inning and two Cincinnati Reds runners on base – Tommy Helms at first and Bernie Carbo at third – pinch-hitter Ty Cline batted a pitch off Jim Palmer in front of the plate.

Lincoln County, Georgia

Barney Bussey - Former NFL player, played for the Cincinnati Bengals and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Madieu Williams

After spending his first four years with Cincinnati, Williams signed with Minnesota following the 2007 season.

Malandro Records

Malandro Records was an American record label based in Cincinnati, Ohio which released albums by Brazilian musicians.

Montgomery, Ohio

Tony Yates, former University of Cincinnati basketball champ and coach for UC Bearcats

Nat Emerson

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in October 1874 to Henry & Edith Emerson, he moved to Yakima, Washington by 1911, where he owned an apple orchard.

O. P. Caylor

Oliver Perry Caylor (December 14, 1849 – October 19, 1897) was an American baseball newspaper columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Commercial before becoming one of the principal figures in the founding of the American Association in 1881 as well as the catalyst in the formation of the modern-day Cincinnati Reds.

Old Gothic Barns

The Old Gothic Barns were a pair of historic agricultural buildings near the city of Cincinnati in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.

Remington Records

Besides the Cincinnati Symphony recordings, other recordings were made in America with various classical artists, including violinist George Enescu, pianist Jorge Bolet, and violinist Ossy Renardy, among others.

Richard Kenneth Fox

(born October 22, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (1977–79).

Robert Consalvo

A graduate of Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Councilor Consalvo matriculated to Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Political Science.

Robert Prunty

Following head coach Tommy Tuberville's departure to Cincinnati, Prunty remained a member of the Texas Tech staff through the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas.

Roy Powell

His composition "Bow Out" was adapted with a piece by David Bedford by the American choreographer Val Caniparoli to create the ballet piece "Bow Out", performed by ballet companies in Oakland, Richmond, Cincinnati and Florida.

Selena Cuffe

She received her marketing training from the Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she served as Assistant Brand Manager for the Pringles brand,.

Sid D'Souza

Elected as the youngest director ever to sit on the Board of the Cincinnati, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, D'Souza went on to draw national attention to the issues of talent retention, diversity and leadership transition in American cities, often in the context of creative class issues a la Richard Florida.

The Casinos

Thomas Robert "Bob" Armstrong Jr., led the installation of the lights on multiple suspension bridges including the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Collegiate Statesmen Foundation

Ellen van der Horst, President and CEO Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Ladies' Repository

The Ladies' Repository was a monthly periodical based in Cincinnati and produced by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Tri-state area

Three other prominent areas that have been labeled tri-state areas are the Cincinnati tri-state area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; the Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; and the Chicago tri-state area, also known as Chicagoland, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

UNIFAT

Schools involved Include Eastern High School (New Jersey), Moeller High School, Mount Notre Dame High School, Purcell Marian High School, Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Madeira High School, Anderson High School, Taylor High School, Wyoming High School, and others from the Greater Cincinnati Area.

Van Wormer

Van Wormer Library, building at the University of Cincinnati, United States

Waycross Community Media

WCM programming can be seen on Time Warner Cable in the Cincinnati suburbs of Forest Park, Greenhills, Springfield Township and Colerain Township

Whitehall Farm

Land at the site of the present Whitehall Farm was purchased in 1808 by Martin Baum, one of Cincinnati's leading early citizens.

WOTH

WOTH-CD, a digital television station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States