Tim “Ripper” Owens

September 13, 1967 – Tim “Ripper” Owens is born in Akron. Owens is a heavy metal blaster who would draw on the angst of his Akron roots to become lead singer for Judas Priest.
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Bizzy Bone

September 12, 1976 – Bryon Anthony McCane II is born in Columbus. His high-pitched voice sets the flava of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. McCane assumes the name Bizzy Bone.
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Pete Rose

DAILY DOUBLE September 11, 1985 – Cincinnati native son Pete Rose comes to bat in Riverfront Stadium and gets his 4,193th hit to move past Ty Cobb on baseball’s all-time hit list. September 11 – Doug Cherry’s ashes are interned at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in his home town of Terrace Park, where he was a champion prep swimmer. Cherry died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Steamship Gen. Anthony Wayne

September 10, 2006 – Auto parts supplier Tom Kowalczk of Lakeside spends a 12-hour day searching for the side-wheel steamship Gen. Anthony Wayne, which went down April 27, 1850, north of Vermilion. He sees the wheelhouse on his last pass of the day. The ship, according to legend, was carrying millions of dollars in gold coins but Kowalszk doesn’t believe the story, and anyhow, wrecks in Lake Erie are owned by the State of Ohio.
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Billy “Thunder” Mason

September 8, 2004 - Already at the top of the charts, Tim McGraw’s Live Like You Were Dying features the drumming of Fairborne native Billy “Thunder” Mason.
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Gus J. Gronowski

August 15, 1992 – Gus J. Gronowski of Parma, a fisherman’s name if there ever was one, lands a 37.65-pound channel catfish that is 41 ½ inches long and once haunted the mud of LaDue Reservoir.
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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE August 4, 1962 – Speedballer Roger Clemens, who probably still hasn't owned up to steroid use, is born in Dayton. August 4, 1989 – Walter Shumaker of Ashtabula is fishing in Lake Erie when he lands a 29.5 pound, 42 7/8 inch Chinook Salmon. Boy is he surprised. It’s a state record.
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