1888 - City hosts Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States.[22]
1889
The Cincinnati Red Stockings leave the American Association on November 14, joining the National League along with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms after a dispute with St. Louis Browns owner Chris Von Der Ahe over the selection of a new league president.
1977 - Annual convention of the
National Rifle Association of America held in city.[31] The "
Revolt at Cincinnati" saw a radical new leadership elected, shifting the NRA's focus from hunting and marksmanship towards political action and the right to bear arms.
On May 28, a three-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla habitat at the
Cincinnati Zoo and was subsequently grabbed and dragged by
Harambe, a 17-year-old
western lowland gorilla. Afraid for the boy's life, zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill Harambe. Sparking much controversy, the incident quickly became known internationally.
2017 – On January 24, a
Nile hippopotamus that would be named
Fiona was born at the
Cincinnati Zoo six weeks prematurely at about half the normal birth weight for her species. During the zoo's successful attempt to save her, it posted regular social media updates on her progress, and she became the zoo's biggest attraction and a worldwide Internet celebrity.
2018 – On May 29,
Major League Soccer announced that
FC Cincinnati would move from the USL to MLS effective with the 2019 season.
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