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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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE July 28, 1982: Comedian Joe E. Brown dies. Born in Holgate, Brown’s best role came in Some Like It Hot, when he responds “Well, nobody’s perfect” when the woman of his dreams, played by Jack Lemmon, reveals herself a man in disguise. July 28, 1979 – Richard Affolter, New Philadelphia, lands a monster at Clendening Lake: a 76.5 pound Flathead Catfish. At 59 5/8 inches long, it's the biggest fish ever caught in Ohio.

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Record temperature of 131

July 21, 1934 – State record temperature of 131 set near Gallipolis, and in 2001, Fremont’s James S. Williams decides to go fishing on the Sandusky River, which runs right through town. He catches a 23.5 pound Drum, also known as a Sheepshead, that is 37 1/8 inches long and brings Williams a state record.
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Sizemore's white bass

July 1, 1983 – Ira Sizemore of Cincinnati catches a 4-pound 21-inch white bass from a Southwest Ohio gravel pit. It’s a whopper and a state record.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.

June 27, 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Mormon Church, also known as The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, leaves his temple at Kirtland, Ohio, for Carthage, Ill., where an angry and fearful mob would gather and kill him.
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George Armstrong Custer

June 25, 1876 – Buckeye native George Armstrong Custer of New Rumley would become a brigadier general at the age of 23. He and his two rowdy brothers, Thomas and Boston, die on this day at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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