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| Amos Cooper Dayton |
Amos Cooper Dayton was a physician, Baptist minister, author, editor and educator, perhaps best remembered for his role in the Landmark Baptist movement. He was born at Plainfield, New Jersey, April 1, 1813, the son of Robert Dayton. Dayton married Lucinda H. Harrison. He died at Perry, Georgia, June 11 1865. (references) |
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad |
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (CH&DRR) was a United States railroad that existed between its incorporation on March 2, 1846 and its acquisition by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in December, 1917. It was originally chartered to build from Cincinnati, Ohio to Hamilton, Ohio, and then to Dayton, Ohio, a distance of 59 miles (95 km); further construction and acquisition extended the railroad, and by 1902 it owned or controlled 640 miles (1030 km) of railroad. (references) |
| Dayton Art Institute |
The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is a museum of fine arts in Dayton, Ohio, USA. (references) |
| Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park |
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, USA, commemorates three exceptional men—Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Paul Laurence Dunbar—and their work in the Miami Valley. (references) |
| Dayton ax |
An ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Dayton axe |
An ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Dayton Bombers |
The Dayton Bombers are an ECHL team that operates in Dayton, Ohio. The team plays at the Nutter Center in Fairborn. (references) |
| Dayton Daily News |
The Dayton Daily News is a daily newspaper published at Dayton, Ohio. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. (references) |
| Dayton Dragons |
The Dayton Dragons are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds, that plays in the Midwest League. (references) |
| Dayton Flyers |
The Flyers is the team name for the University of Dayton's intercollegiate athletic teams. The name is a reference and homage to Daytonians Orville and Wilbur Wright who pioneered heavier than air flight. (references) |
| Dayton International Airport |
James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (IATA: DAY, ICAO: KDAY) is an airport located north of Dayton, Ohio. It was founded in 1936 when the city purchased the original private airstrips from a corporation. (references) |
| Dayton Mall |
Dayton Mall is a mall located in southern Montgomery County, Ohio. The mall is five miles from Dayton and is the most visited shopping center in the Miami Valley. Its anchor stores include J.C. Penney, Macy's, Elder Beerman, and Sears. The mall was opened in 1973. The mall is adjacent to Interstate 75 and Interstate 675. (references) |
| Dayton Miller |
Dayton Clarence Miller (March 13 1866 - February 22, 1941) was an American physicist, astronomer, acoustician, and accomplished amateur flutist. (references) |
| Dayton Triangles |
Dayton Triangles of the National Football League played from 1920 to 1929. The team was based in Dayton, Ohio. The team was sold to a group in Brooklyn, New York and became the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930. (references) |
| Elias Dayton |
Elias Dayton ( May 1, 1737 - October 22, 1807 ), father of Jonathan Dayton, was born in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey. (references) |
| Fort Dayton |
Fort Dayton is located North side of Mohawk River at West Canada Creek in what is now Herkimer, New York. It was built under the supervision of American Revolutionary War Colonel Elias Dayton on the orders of General Philip Schuyler in the autumn of 1776. (references) |
| George Dayton |
George Draper Dayton came to Minnesota in 1883. He was a banker, insurance agent, land dealer, and lumber merchant who lived most of his life in Minnesota. He founded the Dayton's department store (now Target Corporation) in Minneapolis in 1902 when he opened Dayton's Dry Goods. In 1956 he built Southdale, the first enclosed shopping center in the United States, in Edina, Minnesota. In 1962 Dayton began the Target discount store chain. (references) |
| Jonathan Dayton |
Jonathan Dayton, (October 16, 1760-October 9, 1824), American politician, was the third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and a signer of the United States Constitution. The city of Dayton, Ohio is named for him. (references) |
| Mark Dayton |
Mark B. Dayton (born January 26, 1947) is a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party US Senator from Minnesota who took office in 2001. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dayton graduated cum laude Yale University, 1969, where he excelled both academically and athletically, starting in goal for Yale's varsity hockey team. He worked as a teacher in New York City. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1982. Dayton had served as a legislative assistant to Senator Walter Mondale. He was Minnesota state auditor, 1991-1995 and elected to the United States Senate in 2000. He defeated Republican incumbent Rod Grams. He is the brother in law of fellow Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia. (references) |
| Sky Dayton |
Sky Dylan Dayton (born 8 August 1971) is an American entrepreneur. (references) |
| Steve Dayton |
Steve Dayton appeared in the Teen Titans leading the Doom Patrol under the alias of Mento. He has the same early look that he has in the comics. He is voiced by Xander Berkeley. (references) |
| University of Dayton |
The University of Dayton is a private Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio. The student enrollment is approximately 10,000. (references) |
| University of Dayton Arena |
University of Dayton Arena is a 13,409-seat multi-purpose arena in Dayton, Ohio. The arena opened in 1969. It is home to the University of Dayton Flyers basketball team, and has hosted 66 games in the NCAA men's basketball tournament over its history, the fourth most prolific venue in NCAA history and the second most prolific among active venues[http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/m_final_four_records_book/2005/2005_m_final_four_records.pdf]. Since 2001, the facility has hosted the annual "play-in" game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament (officially the "opening round" game) which features the teams rated 64th and 65th in the tournament field[http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/m_final_four_records_book/2005/2005_m_final_four_records.pdf]. The Donoher Center expansion on the northwest corner of the Arena was completed in 1998. Named for former Flyers basketball coach Don Donoher, the Center provides a state of the art, NBA caliber facility for conditioning and game preparation. The arena was extensively renovated during the summer of 2002. The additions include new and expanded concession areas, luxury boxes, disabled access improvements, and a restaurant/bar named the Time-Warner Flight Deck. (references) |
| University of Dayton Ghetto |
The University of Dayton Ghetto is a neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio, that is home to upperclass students of the University of Dayton. The neighborhood is bounded by Brown Street to the west, Irving Avenue to the south, Trinity Avenue and Evanston Avenue to the east, and Caldwell Street to the North. (references) |
| USS Dayton (CL-105) |
USS Dayton (CL-105) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy. (references) |
| William L. Dayton |
William Lewis Dayton (February 17, 1807 - December 1, 1864) was an American lawyer from Freehold Borough, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1842-1851 and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States. (references) |
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