Columbus, Ohio: Timeline

1850   The first train to ever run in Columbus, Ohio runs from Columbus, Ohio to Xenia, Ohio, a distance of 54 miles, in three hours and five minutes on the Columbus & Xenia Railroad.

1850   The first train to ever run in Columbus, Ohio runs from Columbus, Ohio to Xenia, Ohio, a distance of 54 miles, in three hours and five minutes on the Columbus & Xenia Railroad.

1901   O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement Embezzlement

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 from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas Austin, Texas

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1910   First air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial  freight occurs between Dayton, Ohio Dayton, Ohio

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 and Columbus, Ohio by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

1930   Fire in Ohio State Penitentiary near Columbus Columbus, Ohio

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 kills 320

1964   John Glenn John Glenn

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 slips on a bathroom rug in his Columbus, Ohio apartment and hits his head on the bathtub, injuring his left inner ear, and prompting him (later that week) to withdraw from the race for the Senate nomination.