Hocking Hills Canopy

Take a trip to the Hocking Hills Canopy Tour in Rockbridge about 40 miles southeast of Columbus (740-385-9477) for a two-hour, treetop view of the Buckeye State on a zip line network through the trees.
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Dan Auerback

May 14, 1979 – Guitarist Dan Auerback of Akron is born. His vocal leads bring The Black Keys of Akron international attention. Albums include "Rubber Factory" and "Magic Potion."
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Trent Reznor

May 12, 1986 – Budding thrash musician Trent Reznor joins the Cleveland band Exotic Birds, gets a part-time job sweeping up and doing handyman work at the former Right Track Studio (now Midtown Recording) where he convinces owner Bart Kostner to let him record a few songs he’d written. The songs would later form the basis for Pretty Hate Machine and Reznor’s band Nine Inch Nails was born.
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Greg Dulli

May 11, 1965 – Greg Dulli is born in Hamilton, the musical home waters of Roger Troutman LeRoy Sugarfoot Bonner and others. Dulli played pick-up games with African-Americans who lived in the nearby Second Ward, where he was exposed to Hamilton funk. Dulli founded the Afghan Whigs, a grunge rock band, and played on the soundtrack for the movie Backbeat, about the early years of the Beatles.
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Amanda Borden

May 10, 1977 – Amanda Borden is born in Cincinnati. She took up gymnastics at the age of 7, would graduate from Finneytown High School and win a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics.
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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE May 9, 1896 - Akronite Ferdinand Schumacher dies. In his life, he figured out how to precook then dry oat flakes for cereal. He created the Quaker Oats Co. and became an American Oatmeal King. His silos, which once held 1.5 million bushels of grain, are now hotel rooms and dorms. May 9, 1987 – Christopher Boling of Montpelier catches an 11.69-pound 33.25-inch state record Bowfin fish from Nettle Lake.
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Timothy Cory Hively

May 8, 2005 – Not quite weighing in at a pound, the .99 pound 10 5/8 inch green sunfish caught in a Clermont County farm pond near Cincinnati puts Timothy Cory Hively of Bethel into the Ohio fish record books. Maybe it's a good idea to go fishing in Ohio in the first week of May!
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