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Ohio State Highway 105

Ohio State Highway 105

Ohio 105 is an east-west highway in northwest Ohio. Its western terminus is at its interchange with Interstate 75 near Bowling Green, Ohio (this is also the southern terminus of Ohio 64), and its eastern terminus is at Ohio 19 in Oak Harbor, Ohio. The route passes through the towns of Pemberville, Woodville, and Elmore. Ohio 105 is an original state highway with an original western terminus at Ohio 34 (which became U.S. 6 in 1926) slightly farther outside of Bowling Green than its current western terminus. In 1969, U.S. 6 was rerouted on a southern bypass around Bowling Green, leaving Ohio 105 terminating on the resulting county road. In 1970, Ohio 105 was extended to I-75 along that road.

External link

[http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/105.html Ohio 105] 105

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the northeast of the United States. It was the first and eastern-most state in the Midwest admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is OH; its old-style abbreviation is O. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The name refers to the Ohio River that forms its southern border. The U.S. Navy has named several ships USS Ohio in honor of this state.

History

USS Ohio in lower Manhattan]] Ohio, the region north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes, was originally controlled by various native tribes. At the time of European colonization, the Iroquois federation of the New York area claimed the region including the modern territory of Ohio as a hunting ground. However, locally, the region was populated by several other peoples, principally the Miamis, Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Ottawas, and Eries. During the 18th century, the French set up a system of trading posts to control the fur trade in the region. In 1754, France and Great Britain fought a war known in the United States as the French and Indian War. As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the French ceded control of Ohio and the old Northwest to Great Britain. Britain soon passed the Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited the American colonists from settling in Ohio Country. British control of the region ended with the American victory in the American Revolution, after which the British ceded claims to Ohio and the territory in the West to the Mississippi River to the United States. The United States created the Northwest Territory in 1787 under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, also known as the Freedom Ordinance because for the first time slavery would be prohibited from an entire American region. The states of the Midwest would be known as free states, in contradistinction to those states south of the Ohio River known as slave states, and later, as Northeastern states abolished slavery in the coming two generations, the free states would be known as Northern States. The Northwest Territory originally included areas that had previously been known as Ohio Country and Illinois Country. As Ohio prepared for statehood, Indiana Territory was created, reducing the Northwest Territory to approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula. Under the Northwest Ordinance, any of the states to be formed out of the Northwest Territory would be admitted as a state once the population exceeded 60,000. Although Ohio's population numbered only 45,000 in December 1801, Congress determined that the population was growing rapidly and Ohio could begin the path to statehood with the assumption that it would exceed 60,000 residents by the time it would become a state. On February 19, 1803, President Jefferson signed an act of U.S. Congress that recognized Ohio as the 17th state. The current custom of Congress declaring an official date of statehood did not begin until 1812, with Louisiana's admission. So, on August 7, 1953 (the year of Ohio's 150th anniversary), President Eisenhower signed an act that officially declared March 1, 1803 the date of Ohio's admittance into the Union. In 1835, Ohio fought a mostly bloodless boundary war with Michigan over the Toledo Strip known as the Toledo War. Congress intervened and, as a condition for admittance as a state of the Union, Michigan was forced to accept the western two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula in exchange for giving up its claim to the Toledo Strip. See also: Articles on Ohio history

Law and Government

Ohio's capital is Columbus, located close to the center of the state. See: Government of Ohio

Geography

Government of Ohio See: List of Ohio counties, List of cities in Ohio, List of villages in Ohio, List of Ohio townships, Ohio public lands Ohio public lands Being centrally located in the northeastern corner of the United States' Midwest region, Ohio is located on Lake Erie, is connected by major highways and borders several states. Ohio's southern border is defined by the Ohio River (with the border being at the 1793 low-water mark on the north side of the river), and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie. It borders Pennsylvania on the east, Michigan in the northwest near Toledo, Ontario, Canada across Lake Erie to the north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky on the south, and West Virginia on the southeast. Much of Ohio features glaciated plains, with an exceptionally flat area in the northwest being known as the Great Black Swamp. This glaciated region in the northwest and central state is bordered to the east and southeast first by a belt known as the glaciated Allegheny Plateau, and then by another belt known as the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. Most of Ohio is of low relief, but the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau features rugged hills and forests. The rugged southeastern quadrant of Ohio, stretching in an outward bow-like arc along the Ohio River from the West Virginia Panhandle to the outskirts of Cincinnati, forms a distinct socio-economic unit. Known somewhat erroneously as Ohio's "Appalachian Counties" (they are actually in the Allegheny Plateau), this area's coal mining legacy, dependence on small pockets of old manufacturing establishments, and even distinctive regional dialect set this section off from the rest of the state and, unfortunately, create a limited opportunity to participate in the generally high economic standards of Ohio. Significant rivers within the state include the Cuyahoga River, Great Miami River, Maumee River, Muskingum River, and Scioto River. The rivers in the northern part of the state drain into the northern Atlantic Ocean via Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River, and the rivers in the southern part of the state drain into the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and then the Mississippi. Grand Lake St. Mary's in the west central part of the state was constructed as a supply of water for canals in the canal-building era of 1820–1850. For many years this body of water, over 20 square miles, was the largest artificial lake in the world. It should be noted that Ohio's canal-building projects were not the economic fiasco that similar efforts were in other states. Some cities, such as Dayton, owe their industrial emergence to location on canals, and as late as 1910 interior canals carried much of the bulk freight of the state.

Economy

Ohio is a major producer of machines, tires and rubber products, steel, processed foods, tools, and other manufactured goods. This is not immediately obvious because Ohio specializes in producers goods (goods used to make other goods, such as machine tools, industrial chemicals, and plastic moldings). Nevertheless, there are well known Ohio consumer items including some Procter & Gamble products, Smuckers jams and jellies, and DayGlo. Ohio is the site of the invention of the airplane, resulting from the experiments of the Wright brothers in Dayton. Production of aircraft in the USA is now centered elsewhere, but a large experimental and design facility, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has been located near Dayton and serves in the co-ordination of production of US military aircraft. On the base are located Wright Hill and Huffman Prairie, where many of the earliest aerodynamic experiments of the Wright brothers were performed. Ohio today also has many aerospace, defense, and NASA parts and systems suppliers scattered throughout the state. As part of the Corn Belt, agriculture also plays an important role in the state's economy. There is also a small commercial fishing sector on Lake Erie, and the principal catch is yellow perch. In addition, Ohio's historical attractions, varying landscapes, and recreational opportunities are the basis for a thriving tourist industry. Over 2,500 lakes and 70,000 kilometers of river landscapes are a paradise for boaters, fishermen, and swimmers. Of special historical interest are the Native American archaeological sites—including grave mounds and other sites. The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Ohio's total state product in 2003 was $403 billion. Per capital personal income in 2003 was $30,129, 25th in the nation. Ohio's agricultural outputs are soybeans, dairy products, corn, tomatoes, hogs, cattle, poultry and eggs. Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, food processing, and electric equipment.

Demographics

As of 2004, Ohio's population was estimated to be 11,459,011 people. This includes about 390,000 foreign-born (3.4%). The racial makeup of the state is:
- 85.0% White
- 11.5% Black
- 1.9% Hispanic
- 1.2% Asian
- 0.2% Native American
- 1.4% Mixed race The 5 largest ancestry groups in Ohio are German (25.2%), Irish (12.7%), African (11.5%), English (9.2%), American (8.5%). German is the largest reported ancestry in most of the counties in Ohio, especially in the northwest. Ohioans of American and British ancestry are present throughout the state as well, particularly in the south-central part of the state. The cities of Cleveland and Cincinnati are heavily black. 6.6% of Ohio's population were reported as under 5, 25.4% under 18, and 13.3% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 51.4% of the population.

Religion

Ohio is mostly Protestant. There are large numbers of Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Pentecostals. Other notable Protestant groups include the nation's largest Amish population, and the headquarters of the United Church of Christ, which is in Cleveland. There are sizeable Jewish communities in the Cleveland and Cincinnati areas. The religious affiliations of the people of Ohio are:
- Christianity – 82%
- Protestant – 62%
- Baptist – 15%
- Methodist – 11%
- Lutheran – 5%
- Presbyterian – 4%
- Pentecostal – 4%
- United Church of Christ – 2%
- Amish/Pietist – 1%
- Other Protestant – 20%
- Roman Catholic – 19%
- Other Christian – 1%
- Judaism – 1.3%
- Other Religions – less than 1%
- Non-Religious – 16%

Political demographics and history

Politically, Ohio is considered a swing state, although state politics are dominated by Republicans. The mixture of urban and rural areas, and the presence of both large blue-collar industries and significant white-collar commercial districts leads to a balance of conservative and liberal population that (together with the state's 20 electoral votes, more than most swing states) makes the state very important to the outcome of national elections. Ohio was the deciding state in the 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and John Kerry. Bush narrowly won the state's 20 electoral votes by a margin of 2 percentage points and 50.8% of the vote. The state supported Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, some argue because of a defection of Republican voters to Ross Perot, but supported Republican George Bush in 2000 and 2004. Ohio was also a deciding factor in the 1948 presidential election when Democrat Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas Dewey (who had won the state four years earlier) and in the 1976 presidential election when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Gerald Ford by a slim margin in Ohio and took the election. Ohio's demographics cause many to consider the state as a microcosm of the nation as a whole. Interestingly, a Republican presidential candidate has never won the White House without winning Ohio, and Ohio has gone to the winner of the election in all but two contests since 1892, backing only losers Thomas E. Dewey in 1944 (Ohio's John Bricker was his running mate) and Richard M. Nixon in 1960. Consequently, the state is very important to the campaigns of both major parties. Ohio had 20 electoral votes in the Electoral College in 2004. (See also U.S. Electoral College.) The most solidly Democratic areas of the state are in the northeast, including Cleveland, Youngstown, and other industrial areas. Specifically, the core of this region includes eight counties stretching east along Lake Erie from Erie County to the Pennsylvania border and south to Mahoning County. Southwestern Ohio, especially the suburbs of Cincinnati, Warren County, Butler County, and Clermont County is particularly Republican. Ohio is known as the "Modern Mother of Presidents," having sent eight of its native sons to the White House. Seven of them were Republicans, and the other was a member of the Whig Party. See also:
- Ohio Democratic Party
- Ohio Republican Party

Important cities and towns

See: List of cities in Ohio

Education

Colleges and universities

- 13 state universities
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
- Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
- University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
- Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (Fairborn, Ohio)
- Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio :(note: the University of Dayton is not one of Ohio's state universities; it is a private, Roman Catholic university run by the Society of Mary)
- 24 state university branch and regional campuses
- 46 liberal arts colleges and universities
- 6 free-standing state-assisted medical schools
- Medical University of Ohio (formerly Medical College of Ohio)
- Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
- Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Wright State University School of Medicine
- 1 private medical school
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- 15 community colleges
- 8 technical colleges
- over 24 independent non-profit colleges See List of Ohio colleges

Professional sports teams

Ohio is home to many professional sports teams, including six major professional sports league franchises. Ohio is currently the only state to have teams in each of the major leagues where no one city or metro area could lay claim to the "Grand Slam."

Transportation

Many major east-west transportation corridors go through Ohio. One of those pioneer routes, known in the early 1900's as "Ohio Market Route 3", was chosen in 1913 to become part of the historical Lincoln Highway which was America's first transcontinental road, connecting New York City to San Francisco. In Ohio, the Lincoln Highway linked many towns and cities together, including Canton, Mansfield, Lima, and Van Wert. The arrival of the Lincoln Highway to Ohio was a major influence on the development of the state. Upon the advent of the federal numbered highway system in 1928, the Lincoln Highway through Ohio became U.S. Highway 30. Ohio has a highly developed network of roads and interstate highways. Major east-west through routes include the Ohio Turnpike (I-80/I-90) in the north, I-76 through Akron to Pennsylvania, U.S. 30 (the Lincoln Highway) a bit further south through Canton, Mansfield, Lima, and Van Wert, I-70 through Columbus and Dayton, and the Appalachian Highway (Ohio 32) running from West Virginia to Cincinnati. Major north-south routes include I-75 in the west through Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati, I-71 through the middle of the state from Cleveland through Columbus and Cincinnati into Kentucky, and I-77 in the eastern part of the state from Cleveland down into West Virginia. The north-south routes except for I-75 are less important to non-local traffic than the east-west routes because, due to the presence of Lake Erie, they do not go through.

State symbols

- State animal: White-tailed Deer
- State bird: Cardinal
- State capital: Columbus
- State flower: Scarlet Carnation
- State wildflower: Large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
- State insect: Ladybird Beetle
- State song: "Beautiful Ohio"
- State rock song: "Hang On Sloopy"
- State tree: Ohio Buckeye
- State fossil: Trilobite genus Isotelus
- State drink: Tomato juice
- State reptile: Black racer snake
- State gemstone: Ohio Flint
- State motto: "With God all things are possible"
- Unofficial Motto: "So much to discover" adopted as part of state bicentennial campaign

External links

- [http://www.ohio.gov/ State of Ohio Official Website]
- [http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/ Supreme Court of Ohio Official Website]
- [http://www.house.state.oh.us/ Ohio House of Representatives Official Website]
- [http://www.senate.state.oh.us/ Ohio Senate Official Website]
- [http://www.ohiodems.org/ Ohio Democratic Party]
- [http://www.ohiogop.org/ Ohio Republican Party]
- [http://www.ohionewsnow.com/ Ohio News Network]
- [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39000.html U.S. Census Bureau]
- [http://obit.obitlinkspage.com/oh.htm Ohio Obituary Links Page]
- [http://www.genealogybuff.com/oh/ GenealogyBuff.com - Ohio Library of Files]
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Bowling Green, Ohio

Bowling Green is a city located in Wood County, Ohio, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 29,636. It is the home of the Black Swamp Arts Festival, along with being the county seat of Wood County. Wood County

Geography

Wood County Bowling Green is located at 41°22'26" North, 83°39'3" West (41.373942, -83.650873). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.4 km² (10.2 mi²). 26.3 km² (10.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.29% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 29,636 people, 10,266 households, and 4,434 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,127.3/km² (2,919.0/mi²). There are 10,667 housing units at an average density of 405.8/km² (1,050.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 91.84% White, 2.82% African American, 0.21% Native American, 1.83% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.81% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. 3.48% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 10,266 households out of which 20.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.2% are married couples living together, 7.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 56.8% are non-families. 34.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.21 and the average family size is 2.84. In the city the population is spread out with 13.1% under the age of 18, 46.6% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 22 years. For every 100 females there are 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,599, and the median income for a family is $51,804. Males have a median income of $33,619 versus $25,364 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,032. 25.3% of the population and 8.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 12.8% of those under the age of 18 and 4.8% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Bowling Green is a college town, with 46.6% of the population being between the age of 18 to 24. Bowling Green State University is viewed by many as a "party school", leading to many conflicts between citizens and college students. Some Bowling Green residents use the term "chach" to describe a specific sub-type of drunken students. Despite Wood County's generally conservative populace, Bowling Green hosts a thriving liberal counter-culture, including several coffehouses, and a community center that hosts Meditation classes, youth concerts and an Infoshop anarchist library. Prior the 2004 election, Reach Out, a community and college activist group, served as a local branch of many national activist groups to encourage voting. Bowling Green also has an unusually vibrant music scene for a town of its size. Noise music and Punk music both have close-knit communities in Bowling Green.

Black Swamp Arts Festival

Every September the Black Swamp Arts Festival takes place in Bowling Green. Started in 1992, it is ranked 78th out of 100 in contemporary craft festivals by Sunshine Artists Magazine. Main street is closed to traffic, and local artists display and sell a variety of artwork. There are also musical performances, children's activities, and food.

Colleges

- Bowling Green State University

Radio Stations

- WBGU 88.1 FM
- WFAL-AM

Famous past and present residents

- Scott Hamilton, figure skater
- Tim Conway, actor
- Robert Patrick, actor
- Cara Zavaleta, Playboy Playmate / Reality TV personality
- Derk Cheetwood, actor

External links

- [http://www.blackswamparts.org Black Swamp Arts Festival]
- [http://www.bgmusicians.com BGMusicians] Category:Cities in Ohio Category:Wood County, Ohio Category:County seats in Ohio

Ohio State Highway 19

Ohio 19 is a north-south route in northern and central Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 42 in the unincorporated village of Williamsport, and its northern terminus is at Ohio 2 north of Oak Harbor, Ohio. From south to north, the route goes through or close to the towns of Galion, Bucyrus, Bloomville, Republic, Green Springs, Fremont, Kingsway, and Oak Harbor. The current Ohio 19 was certified in 1932 and originally went from Galion to Oak Harbor, going through Fremont on State Street (U.S. 20) and Stone Street. The route was extended in the north to Ohio 2 in 1938, and in the south to U.S. 42 in 1939. In 1960, Ohio 19 was rerouted around Fremont along with U.S. 20, U.S. 6, and Ohio 53 via a freeway bypass. The route number 19 was used for the route of an original state highway that went from Columbus to the Pennsylvania state line. This route is now the eastern Ohio route of U.S. Highway 62. The route number was then given to the route of the former Ohio 62, which the U.S. highway system had made defunct.

External links

- [http://pages.prodigy.net/john.simpson/highways/062.html Route 19]
- [http://www.state-ends.com/ohio/oh19/ End photos of Ohio 19] 019

Oak Harbor, Ohio

Oak Harbor is a village located in Ottawa County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,841.

Geography

2000 Oak Harbor is located at 41°30'46" North, 83°8'48" West (41.512773, -83.146578). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²). 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.52% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 2,841 people, 1,162 households, and 788 families residing in the village. The population density is 824.7/km² (2,140.2/mi²). There are 1,217 housing units at an average density of 353.3/km² (916.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.13% White, 0.07% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. 1.94% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,162 households out of which 33.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% are married couples living together, 10.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% are non-families. 27.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 2.98. In the village the population is spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.6 males. The median income for a household in the village is $45,275, and the median income for a family is $53,458. Males have a median income of $40,144 versus $22,857 for females. The per capita income for the village is $23,809. 3.5% of the population and 2.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 4.0% of those under the age of 18 and 2.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

External links

Category:Villages in Ohio Category:Ottawa County, Ohio

Pemberville, Ohio

Pemberville is a village located on the banks of the Portage River in Wood County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,365.

Geography

2000 Pemberville is located at 41°24'41" North, 83°27'31" West (41.411371, -83.458710). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 1,365 people, 541 households, and 374 families residing in the village. The population density is 474.8/km² (1,232.7/mi²). There are 560 housing units at an average density of 194.8/km² (505.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 95.68% White, 0.00% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.64% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. 5.13% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 541 households out of which 34.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% are non-families. 27.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.07. In the village the population is spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.6 males. The median income for a household in the village is $50,938, and the median income for a family is $57,361. Males have a median income of $40,050 versus $26,944 for females. The per capita income for the village is $20,248. 3.4% of the population and 2.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 2.8% of those under the age of 18 and 4.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Partner City

- Rödinghausen, district of Herford, federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

External links

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- [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~somsel/pemberville.html History of Pemberville, Ohio]
- [http://www.roedinghausen.de Official Website of the Partner City Rödinghausen] Category:Wood County, Ohio Category:Villages in Ohio

Woodville, Ohio

Woodville is a village located in Sandusky County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,977.

Geography

2000 Woodville is located at 41°27'4" North, 83°21'57" West (41.451093, -83.365967). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 1,977 people, 786 households, and 558 families residing in the village. The population density is 610.7/km² (1,585.7/mi²). There are 815 housing units at an average density of 251.7/km² (653.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.67% White, 0.15% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.86% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 3.19% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 786 households out of which 37.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% are non-families. 25.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.04. In the village the population is spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the village is $47,039, and the median income for a family is $56,467. Males have a median income of $38,793 versus $28,350 for females. The per capita income for the village is $21,414. 3.9% of the population and 2.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 4.3% of those under the age of 18 and 4.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

External links

Category:Villages in Ohio Category:Sandusky County, Ohio

U.S. Highway 6

U.S. Highway 6 is a largely east-west United States Highway that connects Bishop, California at U.S. Highway 395 with Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. From 1937 to 1964, it was the longest U.S. highway at 3,652 miles (5,877 km), extending south from Bishop to Wilmington, California where it ended at the intersection of Figueroa Street and Pacific Coast Highway. In 1964, it was decommissioned south of Bishop as part of a California state highway renumbering, leaving U.S. Highway 20 the longest US highway. Since US 20 does not exist through Yellowstone National Park, US 6 is still the country's longest continuous US highway at 3,205 miles (5,158 km).

States traversed

U.S. Highway 6 traverses the following states:

Major cities on the route

- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Orleans, Massachusetts
- New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Cleveland, Ohio (as Euclid Avenue and as Chardon Road)
- Sandusky, Ohio
- Bowling Green, Ohio
- Gary, Indiana
- Hammond, Indiana
- Joliet, Illinois
- Quad Cities (Illinois and Iowa)
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Hastings, Nebraska
- Denver, Colorado
- Bishop, California
- Lancaster, California (until 1964)
- Los Angeles, California (until 1964) Although it does not pass through either Boston, New York City or Chicago, it does pass through some of their outer suburbs.

Route description

California

State Law

Legal Definition of Route 6: [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/California_Streets_and_Highways_Code%2C_Chapter_2%2C_Article_3%2C_Section_301-635#Route_6 California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 306]

Utah

US 6 runs into a multiplex here, joining Interstate 70, U.S. Highway 50, and U.S. Highway 191 as well.

New York

US 6 runs for 78.09 miles in New York state. It enters and exits the state close to Interstate 84 but separates in the interior of the state, taking a more southerly route.

Route log

Orange County (45.93 miles) US 6 enters New York state from Pennsylvania multiplexed with US 209. US 209 splits off after 0.9 miles while US 6 closely parallels I-84 for another 16.9 miles. US 6 then overlaps with NY 17M for 5.2 miles until it reaches NY 17. US 6 then travels along the NY 17 freeway for 12.8 miles until just before the junction with I-87. US 6 exits from NY 17 and crosses under I-87 but has no junction with it. It then travels through the Bear Mountain State Park for 10.1 miles with the last 3.0 miles multiplexed with the Palisades Interstate Parkway. The Palisades Interstate Parkway ends at a traffic circle with US 9W and US 202. US 6 is joined by US 202 at this point and crosses the Hudson River. Rockland County (0.25 miles) US 6/US 202 cross the Hudson River on the Bear Mountain Bridge. Westchester County (15.01 miles) After traveling for 3.8 miles along the east bank of the Hudson River, US 6/US 202 has a short (0.7-mile) three-way overlap with US 9 heading into the city of Peekskill. US 202 separates from US 6 after another 0.8 miles. US 6 then goes through the town of Cortlandt and the rest of Westchester County (9.6 miles). US 6 has a junction with the Taconic State Parkway in this area. Putnam County (16.90 miles) US 6 heads northeast through Putnam County until reaching the town of Carmel (7.8 miles). It then turns and heads southeast for 5.2 miles and picks up US 202 again. US6/US 202 then head east, closely paralleling I-84 to the Connecticut state line (another 4.0 miles further). There is a junction with I-684 and I-84 shortly after US 202 joins US 6 in this area.

Connecticut

US 6 is 116.3 miles in Connecticut. It begins in Danbury after crossing the New York state line, multiplexed with US 202. It runs for 3.8 miles in Danbury as a minor arterial road then climbs up on Interstate 84/US 7. The 4-way multiplex of I-84/US-7/US-6/US-202 continues for 3.3 miles after which US 7 and US 202 split off from I-84. US 6 follows I-84 for another 0.8 miles before returning to surface roads. US 6 then goes through the towns of Bethel and Newtown, and then overlaps with I-84 again for 6.4 miles between Newtown and Southbury. US 6 is a surface road again as it passes through Southbury, Woodbury, Watertown, and Thomaston. There is a 1.0 mile overlap with the CT 8 freeway in Thomaston. US 6 continues through the towns of Plymouth, Bristol and Farmington. In Farmington, US 6 again joins I-84 as it passes through West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, and Manchester (13.4-mile overlap). US 44 briefly joins I-84/US 6 (for 0.2 miles) as they cross the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge. After exiting I-84 in Manchester, US 6 is joined again by US 44 for 6.9 miles up to Bolton, where I-384 terminates. US 44 then follows a more northerly route while US 6 continues through Bolton, Andover, and Columbia. It then becomes a freeway in Columbia (at a junction with CT 66), passing through Coventry, Windham, Mansfield and Windham (again), ending at the eastern terminus of CT 66. This freeway portion is 5.3 miles long. US 6 then continues as a surface road to the towns of Chaplin, Hampton, Brooklyn, and Killingly. The unsigned portion of the Connecticut Turnpike then meets with US 6 shortly before crossing the Rhode Island state line.

Rhode Island

US 6 runs 25.4 miles in Rhode Island. It has a business/bypass split in Scituate where US 6 Business runs along Danielson Pike and US 6 Bypass runs along North Scituate Bypass and Hartford Pike. The bypass route is officially recognized by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation as US 6.

Route

US 6 takes the following route through the State:
- Foster: 5.7 miles; Connecticut State line to Scituate town line
- Danielson Pike
- Scituate: 6.2 miles; Foster town line to Johnston town line
- Danielson Pike, North Scituate Bypass and Hartford Pike
- Johnston: 5.1 miles; Scituate town line to Providence city line
- Hartford Avenue, Interstate 295 and Dennis J. Roberts Expressway
- Providence: 5.9 miles; Johnston town line to East Providence city line
- Dennis J. Roberts Expressway, Huntington Expressway, North-South Expressway and East Providence Expressway
- East Providence: 2.5 miles; Providence city line to Massachusetts State line
- East Providence Expressway and Warren Avenue

Massachusetts

US 6 runs approximately 118 miles in Massachusetts. It is a surface expressway or 4-lane road for approximately its first 54 miles from the Rhode Island line to the Cape Cod Canal, except for a section in New Bedford, where it runs along two one-way city streets. After crossing the canal via the Sagamore Bridge, it becomes a 4-lane freeway from Bourne to Dennis at the Exit 9A/B cloverleaf (Mile 78), then reduces to a Super-2 freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a small asphalt median. It remains like this until Orleans, where the freeway ends at a large rotary (Mile 90.6). Through Eastham and North Truro, US 6 is a 4-lane surface street. Through Wellfleet and southern Truro, US 6 is a former 3-lane road converted to 2 lanes with shoulders. In Provincetown, US 6 ends as it started in the state, as a surface expressway once again until it comes to an end at Route 6A at the Cape Cod National Seashore. Interestingly, since the end of the highway is on Federally-owned park land, there is currently no "End" marker.

US-6 Massachusetts Trivia

The freeway and Super-2 sections of US-6 on Cape Cod are known as the Mid-Cape Highway. The Super-2 section has a secondary, less-formal name of "Suicide Alley", due to the high number of fatalities from head-on collisions before the median improvements were constructed. (When the Super-2 stretch was first built, it was marked with passing zones like any other 2-lane highway. The small asphalt/stanchion median was built in stages beginning in 1989 and finishing in 1992.) The Mid-Cape Highway carries a speed limit of 55 on the standard freeway and 50 on the Super-2. When US-6 was first routed through Provincetown in 1926, the highway was signed along the rather narrow Commercial Street. After the Provincetown US-6 bypass was built, congestion and the increasing size of automobiles forced the town to post most of Commercial Street (all but the easternmost mile which hits the Truro line) as one-way westbound. Route 6A, when signed, was placed along the paralleling Bradford Street instead. There was an alternate plan at the time to make Bradford one-way westbound and Commercial one-way eastbound (which would have made both roads Route 6A), but this was rejected, as the town decided instead to let incoming traffic through the heavy Commercial Street business district. US-6 was briefly signed on current I-195 between Route 105 and Route 28, however, when I-195 was completed, and the I-195 designation took over that section of freeway, US-6 reverted back to its older route.

History

US 6 was one of the first national arteries proposed in 1926 and went only as far west as the Hudson River in New York. It has since been extended westward, mostly at the expense of other routes including most of old U.S. Highway 32 between Joliet, Illinois and Council Bluffs, Iowa and old U.S. Highway 38 between Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado before 1937, after which it was extended to Southern California. In California it was a north-south highway, violating the convention that only east-west routes have even numbers. While the route was intact as early as 1937, paving was not completed on the route until 1952, when the last 160 miles (257 km) of US 6, between Delta, Utah, and Ely, Nevada, received two lanes of fresh asphalt. In 1964, California truncated US 6 at Bishop in favor of U.S. Highway 395, California State Route 14, U.S. Highway 99 (now Interstate 5), California State Route 11 (now Interstate 110 and California State Route 110), and California State Route 1 from north to south. All of old and current US 6, at least as far west and south as the intersection with old US 99, is known as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway in honor of Union veterans of the American Civil War. Massachusetts became the first state to so designate the route, in 1937; a formal dedication took place in 1953 at the road's western terminus in Long Beach.

Related routes and spur routes

Interstate 195 supplants it as a through route between Providence and Cape Cod. Interstate 84 supplants it, in general, between Hartford and Scranton, and was planned to extend east to Providence. Interstate 80 is within 40 miles (64 km) of it between Cleveland and Lincoln. Interstate 76 supplants it between Sterling, Colorado and Denver. Interstate 70 supplants it between Denver and Green River, Utah. U.S. Highway 106 (decommissioned) was an alternative in eastern Pennsylvania, and may have been proposed to go into New York. U.S. Highway 206 is a spur largely in New Jersey. U.S. Highway 138 is a child of US 38, which US 6 incorporated. An "Alternate U.S. Highway 6" was designated on what is now Hwy 66 in Connecticut; U.S. Highway 6N runs through Pennsylvania and Ohio as a shortcut to Lake Erie. U.S. Highway 306 was not a designated highway, but an illustrated upside down US-306 sign was shown in a children's storybook by Leonard Kessler entitled, "Mr. Pine's Mixed-up Signs."

Oddities

- US 6 takes a semi-circular route through the Cape Cod Peninsula (dictated by topography). Someone leaving Provincetown, Mass. on 6 west will actually head east, then south, before finally turning west. Formerly, it took both sides along the Cape Cod canal (and was signed as "BYPASS 6"), but is now routed only on the north side (The south side is now signed "TO 6" from the Sagamore to the Bourne Bridge).
- It is often reported to be a violation of the numbering system because it is wholly south of numerous other US routes with higher even numbers (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 26). In fact, in north-central Ohio, part of it (from Cleveland, Ohio to Fremont, Ohio) lies to the north of U.S. Highway 20, the lowest-numbered even U.S. Highway that intersects US 6. At this longitude, US 6 is the northernmost U.S. Highway, though US 2 was once signed through Canada.
- Until 1964, it crossed U.S. Highway 66 twice (in Joliet and Los Angeles), and even crossed Interstate 10 (also in Los Angeles). The highway originally began in Long Beach, then diversed west into San Pedro then north along Figueroa Street through Downtown Los Angeles then shared several highways through Southern California, including the present-day Antelope Valley Freeway.
- Between Ely, Nevada and Grand Junction, Colorado it was duplexed with U.S. Highway 50 before Interstate 70 was completed in Utah. US 6 takes the older route through Price, Utah.
- Its route through greater Los Angeles once had its southern terminus farther east than its entrance into California on the California-Nevada state line. Even today its current 'western' terminus in Bishop, California, lies farther east than its entrance into California from the Nevada state line. It is currently recognized and signed as a north-south route in California, but it was apparently east-west until it was truncated to U.S. Highway 395.[http://www.geocities.com/usend0009/End006/end006.htm]
- Although its general direction east of the California state line points it toward the San Francisco Bay Area, the steep Sierra Nevada made any extension toward any destination west of the Sierra Nevada (most likely along present-day California State Highway 120 through Tioga Pass to Manteca) at least as far south as Bakersfield impractical due to winter closures, engineering costs or environmental degradation.
- Taking US 6 all the way from upstate New York to the West Coast is one of the early, unrealized goals of the narrator character (Sal Paradise) in the famous "beat" novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

External links

- [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us6.htm Federal Highway Administration: US 6]
- [http://www.route6tour.com U.S. Route 6 Tour Association]
- [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/us6.html US 6 in Connecticut (Scott Oglesby)]
- [http://www.paroute6.com Pennsylvania Route 6 Tourist Association]
- [http://www.envisionlinesville.org/route6_museumsite.html Linesville, Pa., National U.S. Route 6 Museum Site]
- [http://www.dot.utah.gov/US6/ Utah Department of Transportation - US 6]

California

- [http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/us-006.html WestCoastRoads - US 6]
- [http://www.cahighways.org/001-008.html#006 California Highways: US-6]
- [http://www.geocities.com/bennyp81/ca6.html The Big Highways Page: California Route 6]
- [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/us6 Caltrans: Route 6 highway conditions] 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006 006

1926

1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar).

Events

January-April

- January 1 - Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting.
- January 1, Turkey switches to the Gregorian calendar after reforms set by Kamal Ataturk
- January 8 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz
- January 12 - Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program Sam 'n' Henry, in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from Harlem looking for extra money during the Depression. It was a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy.
- January 16 – BBC radio play about worker's revolution causes a panic in London
- January 26 - John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system.
- January 31 - British and Belgian troops leave Cologne
- February 9 - Flooding on London suburbs
- February 12 - Irish minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins, appoints the Committee on Evil Literature
- March 6 - The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire
- March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts
- April 7 - Failed assassination attempt against Mussolini
- April 12 - By a vote of 45 to 41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.
- April 16 - Train crash in San Jose, Costa Rica - 178 dead
- April 21 - Princess Elizabeth born in London
- April 25 - Reza Khan is crowned Shah of Iran under the name "Pahlevi."

May-July

- May 1 - Coal miner's strike begins in Britain
- May 3 - General strike begins in support of the coal strike
- May 9 - Martial law in Britain because of the general strike
- May 9 - French navy bombards Damascus because of Druze riots
- May 9 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
- May 10 - Talks between government and strikers begins in UK
- May 12 - March 15 - Military coup by Jozef Pilsudski succeeds in Poland
- May 12 - UK general strike called off
- May 12 - Roald Amundsen flies over north pole
- May 12 - UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3).
- May 18 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
- May 26 - Rifkabyl rebels surrender in Morocco
- May 28 - 1926 coup d'état commanded by Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal that installed the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) that would be followed be António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo.
- June 4 - Ignacy Moscicki becomes president of Poland
- June 29 - Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
- July 1 - Kuomingtang begins a campaign in the northern China for unification
- July 9 - New military coup in Portugal, now by general Antonio Carmona
- July 12 - Lightning strike destroys an ammunition depot in Dover, New Jersey
- July 15 - BEST buses make its début in Mumbai.
- July 23 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

August-October

- August 1 - Failed assassination attempt against Miguel Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
- August 6 - Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from France to England
- August 6 - In New York, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
- August 18 - British miner's union begins negotiations with the government
- August 18 - A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in Washington, D.C.
- August 22 - In Greece, Georgios Konfylis ousts Theodoros Pangalos
- August 25 - Pavlos Kountouriotis announces that dictatorship is finished in Greece and becomes a president
- September 11 - Spain leaves the League of Nations
- September 11 - Aloha Tower is officially dedicated at Honolulu Harbor in the Territory of Hawai'i
- September 18 - Great Miami Hurricane: A strong hurricane devastates Miami, Florida, leaving over 100 dead and caused several hundred million dollars in damage; equal to nearly $100 billion dollars today.
- September 20 - Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at the Hawthorne Inn, headquarters of Al Capone in Chicago. Only one of Capone's men is wounded
- September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
- October 2 - Jozef Pilsudski becomes prime minister of Poland
- October 12 - British miners agree to end their strike
- October 20 - Hurricane kills 650 in Cuba
- October 23 - Decree in Italy bans women from holding public office
- October 31 - Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.

November-December

- November 10 - In San Francisco, California, a necrophiliac serial killer named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then rapes his 9th victim, a boardinghouse landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds.
- November 10 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan
- November 15 - The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations (it was formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA).
- November 24 - The village of Rocquebillier in French Riviera is almost destroyed in a massive hail
- November 25 - Death penalty re-established in Italy
- November 27 - Vesuvius erupts
- November 27 - In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins.
- December 2 - British prime minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to general strike
- December 3 - Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on December 14 she is found in Harrogate hotel
- December 18 - Turkey converted to Gregorian calendar making 'tomorrow' January 1 1927
- December 25 - In Japanese History, end of the Taishō period and beginning of the Shōwa era and the period of Japanese expansionism

Unknown dates

- League of Nations Slavery Convention abolishes all types of slavery.
- Afghanistan declares monarchy.
- Lebanon becomes a republic.
- Eamon de Valera organizes Fianna Fáil.
- The short-lived Western Australian Secession League is founded.
- International African Institute is founded.
- Raymond Pearl publishes landmark book, Alcohol and Longevity.

Births

January

- January 3 - George Martin, English producer of The Beatles
- January 8 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano
- January 8 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
- January 8 - Soupy Sales, American comedian
- January 11 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- January 12 - Ray Price, American singer
- January 14 - Maria Schell, Austrian actress (d. 2005)
- January 14 - Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (d. 1991)
- January 17 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and dancer
- January 19 - Fritz Weaver, American actor
- January 20 - Patricia Neal, American actress
- January 20 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
- January 21 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)
- January 27 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003)
- January 29 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

February

- February 2 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France
- February 6 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
- February 7 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
- February 8 - Neal Cassady, American writer (d. 1968)
- February 8 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996)
- February 11 - Paul Bocuse, French chef
- February 11 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera
- February 11 - Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor
- February 12 - Paul Kurtz, American philosopher
- February 16 - John Schlesinger, British film director (d. 2003)
- February 20 - Richard Matheson, American author
- February 20 - Bob Richards, American track and field athlete
- February 22 - Kenneth Williams, English actor (d. 1988)
- February 27 - David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- February 28 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian author

March

- March 1 - Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the National Football League (d. 1996)
- March 2 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
- March 3 - James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
- March 6 - Alan Greenspan, American economist and Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- March 6 - Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
- March 8 - Sultan Salahuddin (d. 2001)
- March 13 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. 2003)
- March 15 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football player (d. 1983)
- March 16 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian
- March 16 - Charles Goodell, American politician (d. 1987)
- March 17 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer
- March 18 - Peter Graves, American actor
- March 24 - Dario Fo, Italian author, Nobel Prize laureate
- March 26 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
- March 30 - Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman
- March 31 - John Fowles, English writer (d. 2005)

April

- April 1 - Charles Bressler, American tenor
- April 1 - Anne McCaffrey, American author
- April 2 - Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
- April 3 - Gus Grissom, astronaut (d. 1967)
- April 6 - Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor and actor (d. 1990)
- April 6 - Gil Kane, Latvian-born cartoonist (d. 2000)
- April 6 - Ian Paisley, British politician
- April 7 - Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano
- April 9 - Hugh Hefner, American magazine editor
- April 17 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian hockey player (d. 2004)
- April 21 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- April 22 - James Stirling, Scottish architect (d. 1992)
- April 24 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
- April 26 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
- April 30 - Cloris Leachman, American actress

May

- May 5 - Ann B. Davis, American actress
- May 8 - Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
- May 15 - Peter Shaffer, English playwright
- May 26 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1991)

June

- June 1 - Andy Griffith, American actor
- June 1 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
- June 3 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
- June 6 - Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)
- June 11 - Frank Plicka, Czech-born photographer
- June 21 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)
- June 25 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973)
- June 28 - Mel Brooks, American entertainer
- June 30 - Paul Berg, American chemist, Noble Prize laureate

July

- July 1 - Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 1 - Hans Werner Henze, German composer
- July 4 - Alfredo Di Stefano, Argentine-born footballer
- July 8 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. 2004)
- July 9 - Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 15 - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (d. 2003)
- July 16 - Stanley Clements, American actor (d. 1981)
- July 16 - Irwin Rose, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- July 28 - Walt Brown, American Presidential candidate

August

- August 3 - Tony Bennett, American singer
- August 3 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (d. 2004)
- August 11 - Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 14 - René Goscinny, French comic book writer (d. 1977)
- August 19 - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist

September

- September 7 - Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
- September 15 - Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
- September 16- John Knowles, American author (d. 2001)
- September 21 - Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- September 21 - Noor Jehan, Pakistani and Indian actress (she could have been born in 1929)
- September 23 - John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1967)
- September 26 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

October

- October 15 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
- October 15 - Karl Richter, German conductor (d. 1981)
- October 18 - Chuck Berry, American musician
- October 25 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
- October 29 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor

November

- November 2 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 3 - Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
- November 20 - Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- November 23 - Sri Satya Sai Baba, Indian guru
- November 23 - R.L. Burnside, American musician
- November 25 - Poul Anderson, American author (d. 2001)

December

- December 9 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
- December 13 - George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete
- December 16 - James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988)
- December 17 - Allan V. Cox, American geologist (d. 1987)
- December 20 - Sir Geoffrey Howe, British politician
- December 21 - Joe Paterno, American football coach
- December 23 - Robert Bly, American poet

Deaths

- January 21 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1843)
- February 21 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
- March 5 - Clément Ader, French engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer (b. 1841)
- April 30 - Bessie Coleman, American pilot (b. 1892)
- May 16 - Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861)
- May 26 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (b. 1879)
- June 10 - Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect (b. 1852)
- June 14 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1844)
- July 12 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (b. 1868)
- July 26 - Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman and businessman (b. 1843)
- August 22 - Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University (b. 1834)
- August 23 - Rodolfo Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
- September 15 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
- September 21 - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegrap