WSPD Is On the Air!

On This Day | Posted by: Tedd Long | 07/21/2025

1813: British and American Indian forces begin a one-week second siege of Fort Meigs by using subterfuge to draw the Americans out of the fort. The plan fails.

1825: Work begins at Middletown on the Miami and Erie Canal. The state legislature only originally authorized its completion from Cincinnati to just north of Dayton. In 1830, the Ohio legislature earmarked funds for the Miami and Erie Canal's extension to Defiance and Lake Erie.

1948: WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo (NBC) begins broadcasting.

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