Akron, Ohio, is the fifth-most populous city in the state with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. As the county seat of Summit County, it anchors a metropolitan area of over 700,000 residents spanning Summit and Portage counties. Situated on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau in Northeast Ohio, Akron lies approximately 40 miles south of downtown Cleveland.
In 1900, Akron experienced a major civil unrest event known as the riot of 1900.
The Hamilton Building, completed in 1900 in the neo-Gothic style, forms the base of the Huntington Tower.
The Riot of 1900 saw assaults on city officials, two deaths, and the destruction by fire of Columbia Hall and the Downtown Fire Station.
In 1905, a statue of an Indian named Unk was erected on Portage Path.
During the 1910 decade, Akron became a boomtown and America's fastest growing city.
Construction of Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens began in 1912 for Frank A. Sieberling.
In 1913, Buchtel College became the University of Akron.
In 1914, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Kingston, Jamaica.
In 1915, the General Tire & Rubber Company was headquartered in Akron.
In 1915, the construction of Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens was completed. It is the seventh-largest historic house in the United States.
From 1916, 10,000 schoolgirls took part in the successful Akron Experiment, testing iodized salt to prevent goiter.
On August 6, 1918, Akron established its all-time record high temperature of 104 °F.
During the 1920 decade, Akron became a boomtown and America's fastest growing city.
In 1920, W. E. B. Du Bois gave a noted racial relations speech in Akron.
In 1920, the Akron Professionals of the National Football League won the championship.
In 1920, the city of Akron adopted a new charter of the commissioner manager type.
Until 1920, 10,000 schoolgirls took part in the successful Akron Experiment, testing iodized salt to prevent goiter.
In 1921, the Akron branch of the Universal Negro Improvement Association opened.
In 1922, the Akron Art Museum opened as the Akron Art Institute in the basement of the Akron Public Library.
In 1924, Akron reverted to its old form of city governance after having adopted a new charter in 1920.
In 1924, Akron's platoon schools were a popular attraction, drawing visitors from all over the country.
On November 6, 1928, Kenmore was annexed by Akron with voter approval.
In 1929, Akron Executive Airport first opened and has operated in several different capacities since then.
In 1929, the Akron Civic Theatre opened as the Loew's Theater, designed by John Eberson and built by Marcus Loew.
In 1929, the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company manufactured the USS Akron (ZRS-4) airship for the United States Navy.
In March 1930, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was arrested under the name "Frank Mitchell" in Akron.
Completed in 1931, Akron's tallest building, the Huntington Tower, features the art deco style and is covered in glazed architectural terra-cotta.
In 1931, Goodyear's subsidiary Goodyear-Zeppelin Company manufactured the USS Macon (ZRS-5) airship for the United States Navy.
The year 1931 had as many as 36 days with temperatures at or above 90 °F in Akron.
In 1935, Goodyear became America's top tire manufacturer after merging with the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company.
In 1936, Akron experienced a major civil unrest event known as the rubber strike of 1936.
The All-American Soap Box Derby has taken place each year at the Derby Downs since 1936.
On January 7, 1938, Akron became the birthplace of women's professional Mud Wrestling, with a match featuring Mildred Burke, a Professional Wrestling, WWE, and Wrestling Observer Hall of Famer.
In 1939, the Akron Firestone Non-Skids won the National Basketball League title.
In 1940, Dance, Girl, Dance was released, telling the story of two dancers from Akron and inducted into the National Film Registry.
In 1940, Wendell Willkie, the Republican nominee for president, worked in Akron as a lawyer for Firestone.
In 1940, the Akron Firestone Non-Skids won the National Basketball League title.
On July 7, 1943, Akron measured a record 5.96" of rain.
In 1943, Richard Smalley, who later won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of buckminsterfullerene (buckyballs), was born in Akron.
Winter snowfall in 1949-50 amounted to 18.2 inches in Akron.
In 1951, Carol Folt, who later became the 11th chancellor and 29th chief executive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was born in Akron.
From 1877 until 1952, Akron graduated students semi-annually instead of annually.
In 1958, the Professional Bowlers Association was founded in Akron.
In September 1960, Akron experienced 0.20 inches of precipitation.
From 1960, Akron experienced a significant collapse in population.
Annual precipitation in Akron was 23.79 inches in 1963.
The tribute band, 1964 The Tribute, was formed in Akron in 1964.
In 1967, Kenmore High School launched the Air Force JROTC program.
In 1967, the Akron Vulcans, a professional football team, played in the Continental Football League for part of the season.
In 1968, Akron experienced a major civil unrest event known as the Wooster Avenue riots.
The Akron-Summit County Public Library originally opened in 1969.
In 1970, the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities passenger trains ended service to Akron.
In 1971, Alpha Phi Alpha Homes Inc. was founded in Akron by the Eta Tau Lambda chapter.
In 1971, Jennings piloted the middle school model, which moved ninth-graders to the senior high school.
In 1971, the B&O's Shenandoah passenger train service ended in Akron.
In 1974, Howard Igel and Aaron Freeman successfully grew human skin in a lab to treat burn victims, making Akron Children's Hospital the first hospital in the world to achieve this.
January 1978 was the snowiest month on record in Akron, with 37.5 inches of snowfall.
In 1981, the Akron Armory was used as a venue for a female wrestling team in the film ...All the Marbles.
In 1981, the Akron Art Museum moved to its current location at the renovated 1899 post office building.
In 1982, Akron native Chrissie Hynde wrote "My City Was Gone", a song by The Pretenders, to reflect Akron's decline during the 1980s.
In 1983, the Supreme Court case City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health occurred.
In 1984, all-day kindergarten was piloted at Seiberling, Rankin and Hatton schools, and Ellet, East and Garfield high schools piloted the in-school suspension program.
In 1986, Akron native and second U.S. female astronaut in space, Judith Resnik, tragically died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The Resnik Moon crater was named in her honor.
In 1986, Rita Dove, an Akron native and former Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, published "Thomas and Beulah", a book of poetry telling the story of her grandparents.
In 1986, the University of Akron's men's basketball team appeared in the NCAA Tournament.
In 1987, Rita Dove won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book Thomas and Beulah, many of her poems are about or take place in Akron.
In 1987, cleanup began at a Superfund site in Akron contaminated by a former electrical transformer deconstruction operation.
In 1987, the Akron City School District received an A+ evaluation from the state.
In 1989, the film My Name is Bill W. was released, telling the story of Bill Wilson, who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous which held its first meetings at the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens.
Annual precipitation in Akron was 65.70 inches in 1990.
In 1991, the Pickles family of the Rugrats was from Akron.
Normal yearly precipitation based on the 30-year average from 1991 in Akron is 41.57 inches.
On January 19, 1994, Akron set its all-time record low temperature of −25 °F.
The John S. Knight Center opened in 1994.
In 1996, Akron lost its only native news station when the former WAKC became WVPX.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton gave a noted racial relations speech in Akron.
In 1997, the RubberDucks, formerly known as the Akron Aeros, moved to Akron from Canton.
In 1999, Akron was ranked as the 94th most dangerous city and the 229th safest city on the 7th Morgan Quitno list.
In 1999, J.Reid of In Too Deep was from Akron.
From 2000, the number of rubber workers in Akron decreased by roughly half.
In 2000, the cleanup of the Superfund site in Akron concluded, but the area remains restricted.
In 2001, Newsweek listed Akron fifth of ten high-tech havens.
In 2001, more than 400 companies manufactured polymer-based materials in the Akron region.
In 2002, Akron serves as a setting in the first-person-shooter PC platform video game "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way".
The Akron Digital Academy served Akron from 2002 until 2018.
In July 2003, Akron experienced 12.55 inches of precipitation.
Beginning in January 2004, Akron saw significant methamphetamine distribution, contributing to Summit County's reputation as the "Meth Capital of Ohio."
In 2004, The Black Keys released their album "Rubber Factory", with the title referencing the former General Tire & Rubber Company factory in Akron where it was recorded.
In 2004, the Akron-Summit County Public Library reopened as a greatly expanded facility.
In 2005, "The Coast of Akron", a novel by former editor of Esquire, Adrienne Miller, was published. The city serves as the setting for the book.
In 2005, WVPX and Cleveland's WKYC cancelled their joint news program.
In 2005, passenger rail transportation was further reduced with the elimination of Amtrak's former Three Rivers service in Akron.
In 2005, the John S. and James L. Knight Building, which would become the Akron Art Museum expansion, received the American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum while still under construction.
In 2005, the connection to Saint Thomas Hospital was mentioned in an episode of the television series Prison Break, where Michael Scofield speaks to Sara Tancredi on the phone.
Since its start in 2006, Akron's Biomedical Corridor added the headquarters of companies such as Akron Polymer Systems.
In 2007, Zippy, one of the eight female NCAA mascots, won the National Mascot of the Year contest.
In 2007, preliminary Ohio crime statistics showed that aggravated assaults in Akron increased by 45%.
In 2007, the Akron Art Museum commissioned Coop Himmelblau to design an expansion, divided into the "Crystal", the "Gallery Box", and the "Roof Cloud".
In 2007, the Akron Police Department (APD) received a grant to combat meth labs, coordinating with the Summit County Drug Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration to form the Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory Response Team.
In 2007, the Akron Riverwalk project, featuring a large retail and commercial development area, began but was put on hold due to the Great Recession.
Until 2007, the number of rubber workers in Akron decreased by roughly half.
In 2008, 91-year-old Akron native Addie Polk became the poster child of the Great Recession after shooting herself.
In 2008, Akron received the All-America City Award for the third time.
In 2008, Henry Spivey of My Own Worst Enemy traveled to Akron, and M.Y.O.B., centered on an Akron runaway girl named Riley Veatch, was released.
In 2008, Summa Akron City Hospital and the former St. Thomas Hospital were recognized for the 11th consecutive year as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report.
By August 2009, Akron had significantly more registered meth sites than any other city in Ohio.
In 2009, Akron General Medical Center was recognized as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2009, the National Arbor Day Foundation designated Akron as a Tree City USA for the 14th time.
In 2009, the Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center opened on South Broadway Street in Akron, housing inter-city bus transportation through Greyhound Lines.
In 2009, the University of Akron's men's basketball team appeared in the NCAA Tournament and the Zips men's soccer team completed the regular-season undefeated.
In 2009, the documentary More than a Game was released, documenting LeBron James and his St. Vincent – St. Mary High School basketball team's journey.
According to census data from 2010, the median income for a household in Akron was $34,139.
According to the 2010 census, the city of Akron has a total area of 62.37 square miles.
In 2010, the National Polymer Innovation Center opened on the University of Akron campus.
In 2010, the Zips men's soccer team won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.
In 2011, the University of Akron's men's basketball team appeared in the NCAA Tournament.
In early 2012, Bridgestone moved its product development operations to a new technical center with R&D labs.
On July 1, 2013, Carol Folt assumed her duties as the 11th chancellor and 29th chief executive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, becoming the first woman to lead UNC.
In 2013, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company opened its new global headquarters on Innovation Way.
In 2013, the University of Akron's men's basketball team appeared in the NCAA Tournament.
According to census data until 2014, the median income for a household in Akron was $34,139.
In 2014, Akron hosted some of the events of the Gay Games including the marathon, the men's and women's golf tournaments at Firestone Country Club, and softball at Firestone Stadium.
On May 8, 2015, Don Plusquellic announced his resignation as mayor of Akron, effective May 31, after 28 years as mayor.
On May 31, 2015, Garry Moneypenny was sworn in as the new mayor of Akron at East High School.
On June 5, 2015, less than a week after taking office, Mayor Garry Moneypenny announced he would not run for a full term.
On June 11, 2015, Council president Jeff Fusco assumed the duties of mayor after Moneypenny's resignation.
On July 1, 2015, there were three Democrats and one Republican running for Mayor of Akron.
On November 3, 2015, Dan Horrigan was elected as the 62nd mayor of the city of Akron.
As of 2015, Akron has two sister cities.
In 2015, the film Room is set in Akron, but filmed in Toronto with staging to signify Akron.
On January 1, 2016, Dan Horrigan officially took office as the mayor of Akron.
According to the U.S. Census American Community Survey, for the period 2016, the estimated median annual income for a household in Akron was $45,534.
In 2016, Avery Barkley from Nashville was from Akron.
In 2016, Clayton Murphy, a professional middle-distance runner, won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games while competing for the Akron Zips.
The Akron Digital Academy closed in 2018 after operating since 2002.
On November 5, 2019, Mayor Horrigan was re-elected to a second term.
According to the U.S. Census American Community Survey, for the period until 2020, the estimated median annual income for a household in Akron was $45,534.
According to the city's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, it listed the principal employers in the city.
As of the census of 2020, there were 190,469 people living in Akron.
In 2020, The University of Akron used the old Quaker Oats factory as a dormitory and a quarantine center during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, the city proper of Akron had a total population of 190,469, making it the fifth-most populous city in Ohio.
In 2020, the population of the Akron metropolitan area was 702,219.
Normal yearly precipitation based on the 30-year average until 2020 in Akron is 41.57 inches.
In 2021, the RubberDucks won the Eastern League Championship.
In 2022, Akron resident Jayland Walker was killed by police, sparking protests and the creation of a police review board.
In 2022, protests surrounded the killing of Jayland Walker in Akron.
2023 was the most recent year that did not reach a high of 90°F in Akron.
In 1857, the cost of running the schools for a year was $4,200, equivalent to approximately $108,341 in 2023.
In 2023, Akron elected its 63rd mayor in a citywide vote.
In 2023, Shammas Malik succeeded Dan Horrigan as mayor of Akron after the election.
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