Jesse Owens

March 31, 1980 – James Cleveland Jesse Owens dies. An Ohio State University grad, the Buckeye Bullet was the grandson of a slave and came to Glenville in Cleveland in 1922 when he was 9. Four golds in the 1936 Berlin Olympics drove Adolph Hitler nuts. After a New York City ticker-tape parade, Jim Crow laws forced Owens to ride the freight elevator to attend his own reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
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Bob Hope

March 30, 1908 – Five-year-old Bob Hope, headed to Cleveland with his mother and father, is inspected at Ellis Island after traveling from England to America. His father finds work as a stone mason. Hope would grow up in Cleveland – where people know fun from the day they’re slapped on the butt – to become a comedian for the ages.
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Doris Day

March 29, 1945 - Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff sings Sentimental Journey right onto the billboard charts and into history. Doris, who was born in Evanston in Cincinnati, soon becomes America’s sweetheart as ever-cheerful Doris Day.
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Palm Sunday tornadoes

March 28, 1920 – Holy days mean nothing to the wind. Palm Sunday tornadoes roll through Western Ohio and kill 29 people. One storm’s path of destruction was 1,200 feet wide.
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Kirtland Temple

March 27, 1836 - The first structure of its kind to be built by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, the Kirtland Temple was constructed under the direction of founder Joseph Smith Jr. and dedicated on this day. Smith would later be killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill., but not before he had visions of Adam, Abraham, Jesus, Moses and Elijah at this pulpit.


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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE
March 26, 1970: At the Cincinnati Pop Festival, bare-chested singer Iggy Pop of the Stooges proves himself one of rock's wildest performers by smearing peanut butter on himself while performing "TV Eye" and "1970" as adoring (and possibly hungry) fans flock to him. Detroit's Stooges are only eighth-billed, behind Joe Cocker and Savoy Brown.
March 26, 1931 - Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain.
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DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE
March 25, 1932: Gloria Steinem, American feminist and journalist who founded Ms. magazine, is born in Toledo. She graduated from Waite High School, before leaving for Smith College and fame.

March 25, 1961 – At 6.25 pounds, the 26 ¼ inch chain pickerel caught from Long Lake near Akron by Akron resident Ronald P. Kotch is a state record.
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