1. On November 15, 1803, Ohio Governor Edward Tiffin signed into law the act creating the Ohio Historical Society, making it the first state historical society in the United States.
2. On November 15, 1920, the Ohio State Buckeyes won their first-ever game at Ohio Stadium, beating the University of Michigan 14-0 in front of a crowd of over 70,000 fans.
3. On November 15, 1959, the Cincinnati Bengals played their first-ever game as a professional football team, defeating the Houston Oilers 27-10 at Nippert Stadium.
4. On November 15, 1978, the Akron Zoo opened to the public for the first time, with a collection of over 250 animals on 15 acres of land.
5. On November 15, 2018, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, who was born in Spokane, Washington but considers her hometown to be Spokane Valley, completed her first spacewalk outside the International Space Station, lasting six hours and 39 minutes.
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