1. Ohio became the 17th state on August 14, 1803.
2. On August 14, 1970, Cleveland became the first United States city to have a public radio station broadcasting in stereo with the launch of WCLV-FM.
3. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Mansfield, Ohio on August 14, 1958.
4. On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced the end of World War II from the porch of his vacation home in Marblehead, Ohio.
5. The Ohio State Fair officially opens on August 14 each year, marking the kickoff of the annual 12-day event.
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