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1794
Troops led by Gen. "Mad" Anthony
Wayne defeated Chief Little Turtle at the Battle of Fallen Timbers,
ending the Ohio and Indian Wars.
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1813
Gen. William Henry Harrison's troops
built Fort Meigs on the Maumee River in today's Wood County
to protect northwest Ohio from British attack.
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1814
New treaties signed following the War of 1812
confined Indians to several reservations in the Northwest part
of the state. Most of this region was now open for settlement.
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1876
Rutherford B. Hayes of Freemont, Sandusky
County, was elected 19th President of the United States. His
home is now an Ohio Historical Society museum.
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1920
Warren G. Harding of Marion was elected 29th
President of the United States. His home is now an Ohio Historical
Society museum.
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1969
Neil Armstrong of Wapakoneta, Auglaize County,
was the first person to walk on the moon.
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