SANDY KOZEL

Orville at age 6

Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948)

The Ohio born aviation pioneer Orville Wright who, with his
brother, Wilbur Wright, invented and flew the first successful,
"flying machine" in 1903. He dropped out of high school to
pursue a career in the printing business with Wilbur. The
brothers later went into the bicycle business. They became
successful businessmen, filling contracts for airplanes in
both Europe and the United States. Today, the Wright
brothers are considered the "fathers of modern aviation." 

Historic photo of Orville Wright making the first powered flight.

Camille Bohannon

Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick "Tony" Benedetto) is 89 today.

Sandy Kozel

 
John Glenn as a child 

Senator John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn, Jr. was born in Cambridge, Ohio.

Astronaut and senator John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth
in 1962 and in 1998 became the oldest person to go to space. He was a
recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and Presidential
Medal of Freedom among several other distinctions.