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Ohi Day (Επέτειος του «Όχι»)
Ohi Day (Επέτειος του «Όχι»), 28 October, Greek and Cypriot national holiday commemorating Metaxas's 1940 rejection of Mussolini's ultimatum, marked by parades and school closures.
Ohio
Ohio, the Buckeye State, is a Midwestern US state of 44,825 square miles bordered by Lake Erie, the Ohio River, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana, with 88 counties and 32 ARC Appalachian counties.
Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)
Ohio, also known as Four dead in Ohio, is a 1970 protest song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was written by Neil Young in response to the Kent State shootings.
Ohio (meme)
Ohio (meme): internet joke treating the U.S. state of Ohio as a surreal wasteland, from the 2016 "Ohio will be eliminated" bus sign and Ohio vs. the World, to the 2022 TikTok "Only in Ohio" wave with Lil B's "Swag Like Ohio" and its later Gen Alpha slang use.
Ohio and Erie Canal
The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 308-mile waterway built by Ohio from 1825 to 1832, connecting Lake Erie at Cleveland with the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Columbus-based cabinet-level state public health agency led by Director Bruce Vanderhoff since 2021; created 1917, successor to the 1886 State Board of Health; works with 111 local health departments and holds PHAB accreditation.
Ohio Department of Transportation
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the state agency that builds, maintains, and operates Ohio's highways, established in 1904 as the Ohio Department of Highways.
Ohio District Courts of Appeals
Ohio District Courts of Appeals: the twelve intermediate appellate courts under Ohio Constitution Article IV, three-judge panels, 4 to 12 elected judges per district, reviewing common pleas, municipal, and county court judgments.
Ohio Edison
Ohio Edison Company is an Akron, Ohio-based electric distribution utility serving about 1.1 million customers in central and northeastern Ohio, a founding member of FirstEnergy since 1997.
Ohio Express
The Ohio Express, a Mansfield, Ohio bubblegum pop band renamed from Sir Timothy & the Royals by Super K Productions, scored 1968 hits Yummy Yummy Yummy (US No. 4) and Chewy Chewy, largely recorded by studio musicians, and still tours under founding member Tim Corwin.
Ohio PERS
Ohio PERS, formally the Ohio Public Employees' Retirement System (OPERS), administers pension and retiree health care benefits for Ohio state and local government employees, serving more than 1.3 million members with $133.9 billion in pension assets.
Ohio Players
Ohio Players: Dayton, Ohio funk band formed 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables; 1970s Mercury hits "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster" topped pop and R&B charts; not the Black Keys album.
Ohio Players (album)
Ohio Players (2024) is the Black Keys' twelfth studio album on Nonesuch/Warner, named for the 1970s funk band; guests include Beck, Noel Gallagher, Juicy J, and Lil Noid; Metascore 75.
Ohio River
The Ohio River, called O-Y-O ("the great river") by the Iroquois, is a 981-mile tributary of the Mississippi formed at Pittsburgh by the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, ending at Cairo, Illinois, with 20 navigation dams and over 230 million tons of annual cargo.
Ohio River locks and dams
The Ohio River locks and dams are a chain of 19 navigation structures operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along 981 miles from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois.
Ohio Stadium
Ohio Stadium, known as the Horseshoe, is the on-campus football stadium of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, home to the Buckeyes since it opened in 1922.
Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes: Ohio State University's athletic teams, famed for Big Ten football. Nine national titles (1942-2024), Ohio Stadium, Woody Hayes and Ryan Day eras, Michigan rivalry, Script Ohio.
Ohio State Buckeyes football
Ohio State Buckeyes football: Ohio State University's FBS team in the Big Ten, playing since 1890 at Ohio Stadium; nine national titles, 41 conference titles, coaches Woody Hayes and Ryan Day.
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball: Big Ten program in Columbus since 1913, 1960 NCAA champions (75-55 over California), runners-up 1939, 1961, 1962; coached by Jake Diebler, home at Schottenstein Center since 1998-99.
Ohio State Reformatory
Ohio State Reformatory (Mansfield Reformatory): former Mansfield, Ohio prison, 1896-1990, designed by Levi Scofield, closed after inmate lawsuit, now a museum and The Shawshank Redemption filming site.
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, Ohio's public land-grant flagship in Columbus (founded 1870 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College), enrolls 67,255 students, spends $1.78 billion on research, runs the Wexner Medical Center's seven hospitals, and had FY2025 revenues of $8.52 billion.
Ohio State University football scandal
Ohio State University football scandal, known as Tattoo-Gate: 2010-11 NCAA case in which Buckeyes players sold memorabilia for tattoos and cash, coach Jim Tressel concealed knowledge, and Ohio State vacated its 2010 season and took a 2012 bowl ban.
Ohio Statehouse
The Ohio Statehouse is the state capitol of Ohio on Capitol Square in Columbus, housing the General Assembly and governor's office in a Greek Revival building completed in 1861.
Ohio TC
Ohio TC (Ohio Track Club) is the name of several Ohio track and field clubs: a senior club of the 1960s-1980s with race walkers Jack Mortland and Jack Blackburn, a 1970 women's 4x440 relay runner-up, and Team Ohio TC Inc, a USATF Junior Olympics youth club.
Ohio Turnpike
The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a 241-mile toll road across northern Ohio carrying Interstates 80, 90, and 76. It opened in 1955 and avoids Ohio's major cities.
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio, chartered in 1804 as the first university in the Northwest Territory and the oldest public university in Ohio.
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is an NCAA Division I athletics conference founded in 1948 in Louisville, the nation's eighth-oldest D-I league, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, with nine members for 2026-27 and 19 sponsored sports including FCS football.
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), Louisville, Kentucky promotion founded 1993 by Danny Davis; WWE developmental territory 2000-2008 (Cena, Orton, Batista, Lesnar), later TNA affiliate, first state-certified wrestling trade school (2019), subject of Netflix's Wrestlers.
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), private liberal arts university in Delaware, Ohio, founded 1842 with Methodist ties, about 1,650 students, 55.6% admission rate, test-optional, 70+ majors, NCAA Division III Battling Bishops; distinct from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Ohio-class submarine
The Ohio class is a class of 18 nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines built for the United States Navy by General Dynamics Electric Boat; 14 carry Trident II D5 missiles and four became guided-missile submarines.