1. In 1864, Union General William T. Sherman arrived in Ohio to give a speech in front of the Ohio Legislature in support of the Union war effort. Sherman had become famous for his "March to the Sea" campaign and his capture of Atlanta during the Civil War.

2. In 1942, the first American-produced tanks rolled off the assembly line at the Lima Tank Depot in Lima, Ohio. The plant would eventually produce over 20,000 tanks for the US military during World War II.

3. On February 9, 1960, the US Navy's first Polaris nuclear missile submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched from the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. The submarine was powered by a nuclear reactor built by the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio.

4. In 1977, Ohio State University basketball player Mark Minor set a record for the most free throws made in a game without missing a single shot. Minor made all 17 free throws he attempted in OSU's win over Michigan State.

5. On February 9, 2002, Ohio native LeBron James scored a career-high 52 points in a high school basketball game. James was playing for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio and the performance helped cement his status as one of the top high school basketball players in the country.