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Looney T Birds opened in Oxford, Ohio, home of Miami Univeristy, in 1984 and was the premier record shop in Oxford for nearly 20 years. It's convenient downtown location and relationship with WOXY helped cement its place in Tristate music history.??

The Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City opened on August 15, 1955, just one month after Walt Disney opened his theme park in Anaheim, California. The park closed in 1995 with many of its rides and other elements being moved to a nearby farm for...

It's been called one of the worst-kept secrets in sports. Who was Mr. America...?

WYDD first signed on in 1967 as a jazz station. In the '70s it switched to a more progressive, free-form AOR format, before flipping to top 40 in the '80s. As top 40 stations go, though, it was pretty adventurous, playing songs that were...

The first Derby was held in 1875 in Louisville and is the most famous horse racing event in the world. The entire horseracing world knows its significance.

The Upstage was a dance club and music venue located on the second floor of 3609 Forbes Avenue in Oakland, right in the shadow of Pitt's ABC towers. A generation danced the night away and enjoyed live music there until it closed in 1995.

The Upstage was a dance club and music venue located on the second floor of 3609 Forbes Avenue in Oakland, right in the shadow of Pitt's ABC towers. A generation danced the night away and enjoyed live music there until it closed in 1995.

Club Laga was a popular venue for punk hardcore, punk, and hip-hop acts from 1996 until 2004. One floor below was the Upstage Lounge a popular dance club in the '80s and 90s.

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

Sivils Drive-In opened in Houston in 1938. After an article in?????Life?????magazine, a Dallas location was opened in 1940. A Birmingham location was later added to the chain.

Shortly after cable TV began to expand across the U.S., Warner Communications (later Warner-AMEX), one of the biggest cable providers, introduced QUBE in Columbus, Ohio in 1977.??QUBE??was an experimental, two-way, multi-programmed??system that played a significant role in the development of American??interactive television. It was...

The Hartford Bicentennials joined the old North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1975. After the 1976 season, they became the Connecticut Bicentennials. The team moved to Oakland, CA in 1978 and became the Stompers, then to Edmonton, AB in 1979, where they became the...

Red Lion Sparkling Ale was a popular brew produced by the??Burger Brewing Company??in Cincinnati from the 1940s until the early 1970s.

On November 23, 1973,??The Brady Bunch??episode "The Cincinnati Kid" first aired on ABC-TV. The episode was filmed in August of that year at Kings Island in Mason and remains a favorite of Tristate TV fans.

Edgar Streifthau opened LeSourdsville Lake in 1922. Essentially a family picnic ground at first, the park featured a restaurant, dance hall, bathhouse, and cabins. It grew into a regional destination after World War II and provided lasting summer memories for several generations. In 1978,...

The Cincinnati Kids were a soccer team that played in the original??Major Indoor Soccer League??during the 1978-79 season. They were partially owned by baseball legend??Pete Rose??and played their home games at??Riverfront Coliseum.??READ MORE

Owned by trucking company executive Larry Hatfield, the Southern California Sun were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. They played their home games at Anaheim Stadium, pre-dating the arrival of the Rams in Orange County by several years. The Sun posted...

The rosters of Negro league teams were not only filled with African American ballplayers but Latin Americans as well.?? *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Crane Steak House was located on Powell street in San Francisco and was part of the Crane Hotel.

The Detroit Falcons were a Colonial Hockey League team founded in 1991 as the Michigan Falcons, and based in Fraser, MI. Starting in 1992 they were known as the Detroit Falcons. The team moved to Port Huron, MI and became the Border Cats before...

Legend City Family Fun Park in Phoenix entertained a generation of visitors from 1963 to 1983.

Did you survive the Blizzard of '78? Known throughout the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region as the Great Blizzard of 1978 and the White Hurricane, the storm blasted the area from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. The cities of Milwaukee,...

Are you "reddy" for an electrifying Christmas?

Before major league hockey arrived in Columbus, the city had many minor league teams. None were more popular than the Columbus Chill. In 1991, the team debuted as an expansion franchise in the East Coast Hockey League (now just the ECHL, thank you). Their...

Reddy is ready for Christmas! Are you....?

The Blues were Kansas City's AAA minor league baseball team from 1902 to 1954. They played in the American Association and were charter members of that circuit. In 1954, when the A's moved to town from Philadelphia, the Blues moved to Denver and became...

Red Barn was founded in 1961 in Dayton. The chain, which served hamburgers and fish in addition to fried chicken, grew to over 400 locations in 19 states before shutting down in 1986.

Are we not style? We are vintage. This electric yellow tee throws it back with a retro-futuristic graphic, complete with a certain red dome you might recognize and the phrase “Try to detect it, it’s not too late.” Perfect for fans of synths, signals,...

Opened in 1978, it was one of the first dedicated water parks in the United States. It quickly became for its array of thrilling, yet dangerous, rides and attractions. Multiple injuries to patrons and several subsequent lawsuits forced the park to close in 1996. ...

The Cornwall Royals were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1969 to 1981 and then the Ontario Hockey League from 1981 to 1991. They were based in Cornwall, Ontario and won the Memorial Cup Championship in 1972, 1980, and 1981. OS16146