Teresa Brewer

May 7, 1931 – Teresa Brewer of Toledo is born. One of the most popular singers of the 1950s with songs like Bo Weevil, Bell Bottom Blues and Skinnie Minnie, she will get her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Bernard Alexander

May 6, 1982 – Bernard Alexander, born in Dayton, plays the guitar lead on The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Known on stage as Little Axe, this 1982 release goes down in history as one of the most transforming pieces of music in the nation’s history: "Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge…” Hip Hop is born.
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DAILY DOUBLE

May 5, 1970: In a voter backlash for having sent National Guard troops to college campuses, favored Governor James Rhodes is defeated by Robert Taft in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.
May 5, 1865 – First train robbery in the United States at North Bend, west of Cincinnati. Some believe it was led by Frank James, who often stayed in expensive Cincinnati hotels and boasted that he was the first train robber in America.
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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE - Did a renegade CIA agent - one of Nixon's plumbers - start the shooting at Kent State University in 1970? Four are dead in Ohio.
May 4, 2001 – Rosemary Shaver of Logan catches a 31 inch, 17.68-pound striped hybrid bass at Deer Creek Lake for a state record.

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John Nause

May 3, 1988 – John Nause of Fremont hooks a state record white perch at 1.42 pounds that is 14 1/16 inches long. He was fishing Green Creek.

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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE May 2, 1934: WLW, owned by Cincinnati entrepreneur Powel Crosley, begins transmitting at 500,000 watts when President Franklin Roosevelt activates the station via remote control from the White House. It broadcasts to 13 states at that power until 1939, when the FCC and Congress end the experiment. May 2, 1976 – Roger Trainer, Waverly, catches a 5.25-pound, 21-inch spotted bass from Lake White for a state record.
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Jacob Sechler Coxey

May 1, 1894 – Massillon mayor Jacob Sechler Coxey and 20,000 followers pilgrimage from Ohio to Washington D.C. to demand public construction work for unemployed Americans. The quest ends when Coxey is arrested for stepping on the White House lawn.
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