(Hi I'm Chris Frye from WOIO.) In 1967 Cleveland voters chose Democrat Carl Stokes over Republican Seth Taft making Stokes the first African American to hold this office in one of America's major cities

(Nichole Vrsansky from WOIO presents the clue.) This institution opened in downtown Cleveland on September 2 1995 & celebrated with a star-studded show featuring legend after legend including Johnny Cash Aretha Franklin Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan

(Chris Frye from WOIO presents the clue.) In 2018 this hometown hero & his foundation partnered with Akron Ohio's public school district to open a new school offering innovative instruction for at-risk students

(Hi I'm Nichole Vrsansky from WOIO.) In 1967 the Cleveland Clinic's Dr. René Favaloro removed a vein from a patient's leg & used it to route blood flow around a blocked coronary artery achieving a landmark in this now common type of heart surgery

(Chris Frye from WOIO presents the clue.) In 1969 Cleveland's Cuyahoga River was so badly polluted that an oil slick on the river's surface caught fire making national headlines & helping spark the 1970 creation of this federal agency