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The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , to Cairo, Illinois , 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($10.2 billion when adjusted for inflation as of September 2022).
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The women's day massacre was an event that took place on June 19, 1937, in Youngstown, Ohio, that caused the deaths of two people and injuries to 23 others. [1] [2] Members of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) were protesting Little Steel Management to receive recognition for their union organization.
Great Lakes Exposition Official Souvenir Guide - book, 57pp, at Ohio History Connection The Aquacade - article with pictures and audio, at Cleveland Historical The 1936-37 Great Lakes Exposition and Regional Identity ( Studies in Midwestern History , Vol. 3 No. 2, July, 2017) - PDF, academic journal article, 19pp, at Grand Valley State University
The Ohio River flood left 41,000 people around Cincinnati homeless. The business district of Pittsburgh and part of Louisville, Kentucky were also flooded out. [126] Born: Joseph Wambaugh; American detective novelist and three time Edgar Award winner, as well as multiple true crime nonfiction books; in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [127]
(1978) The Great Blizzard of 1978, the worst in Ohio history, begins. January 26 (1937) The USGS stream gauge at Newcomerstown on the Tuscarawas River records it highest flow at 46,800 ft³/s (1,325 m³/s).
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