* 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

The system of government established by the Dayton Accord is an example of consociationalism, as representation is by elites who represent the country's three major groups, with each having a guaranteed share of power.

Dayton () is the 6th largest city in the U. S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County.

Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio just north of the Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan area.

Dayton is also known for its many patents, inventions, and inventors that have come from the area, most notable being the Wright Brothers ' invention of powered flight.

Dayton is also home to a children's museum.

Dayton is also home to America's Packard Museum with contains many restored historical Packard vehicles.

Another notable park, SunWatch Indian Village / Archaeological Park is located on the south end of Dayton.

The Vectren Dayton Air Show is an annual air show that takes places at the Dayton International Airport.

The Vectren Dayton Airshow is one of the largest air shows in the United States.

The Dayton area is served by Five Rivers MetroParks, encompassing over 23 facilities for year-round recreation, education, and conservation.

South of Dayton in Kettering is the Fraze Pavilion, which hosts many nationally and internationally known musicians for concerts.

South of downtown, on the banks of the Great Miami River, is the University of Dayton Arena, home venue for the University of Dayton Flyers basketball teams and the location of various other events and concerts.

North of Dayton is the Hara Arena that frequently hosts expo events and concerts.

The Nutter Center, which is just east of Dayton in the suburb of Fairborn, is the home arena for athletics of Wright State University and the former Dayton Bombers hockey team.

The Oregon District is a historic residential and commercial district in southeast downtown Dayton.

Dayton also plays host to significant research and development in fields like industrial, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering that have led to many technological innovations.

Other museums also play significant roles in the tourism and economy of the Dayton area.

The Five Rivers MetroParks also owns and operates the PNC Second Street Market located near downtown Dayton.

The City of Dayton is also host to yearly festivals.

The trial also brought publicity to the town of Dayton, Tennessee, and was hatched as a publicity stunt.

Bildt has also been noted internationally as a mediator in the Balkan conflict, serving as the European Union's Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia from June 1995, co-chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference in November 1995 and as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 1995 to June 1997 immediately after the Bosnian War.

Dayton may also refer to:

He also acquired the Dayton franchise of a small newspaper called Bachelor's Beat, which he published for two years before selling it.

It also has several members in the Midwest, including two member schools in Ohio, Dayton and Xavier ( located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively ); Saint Louis ( in St. Louis, Missouri ); and Butler ( located in Indianapolis ).

The county seat is at Dayton, which is also the county's largest city.

Chattanooga State Technical Community College also has a small satellite campus in Dayton.

With its many reductions in size, Lake County's designated county seat also changed multiple times within just a few years, residing successively in Oro City ( from 1861 ), Lourette ( from 1863 ), Dayton ( from 1866 ), and Granite ( from 1868 ).

The name of the depot was also changed to Dayton after the post office was renamed " Dayton " on April 11, 1851, after Dayton, Ohio, where many early settlers had come from.

The Caro post office, with ZIP code 48723, also serves nearly all of Indianfields and Almer townships, as well as smaller portions of Wells Township to the east of Indianfields, Dayton Township to the southeast of Indianfields, Fremont Township to the south of Indianfields, Juniata Township to the west of Indianfields, Fairgrove Township to the northwest of Indianfields, Columbia Township, to the north of Almer, Elmwood Township to the northeast of Almer, and Ellington Township to the east of Almer.

Osseo and surrounding communities are served free public education from primary level to secondary level by the Osseo Area School District 279 ( see article Education in Maple Grove and Osseo ) which also provides free public education for the following areas: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Corcoran, Dayton and Hassan.

Dayton is also a post office with its own ZIP code ( 08810 ).

It is also located within an hour's drive from the Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati metro areas.

Xenia was also served by two interurban railways: the Dayton and Xenia Transit Company, and the Springfield and Xenia Railway.

It should also be noted that it was unusually cold and miserable in Dayton on that particular December day.

Dr. John Roach Straton ( surname rhymes with " Dayton "; born April 6, 1875 in Evansville, Indiana ; died October 29, 1929 in Clifton Springs, New York ) was a noted pastor.

Due to the Dayton Agreement, signed 14 December 1995, Bosnia and Herzogovina forms an international protectorate, with decisive power given to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Key issues over the last decade have been the implementation of the Dayton Accords and the Erdut Agreement, nondiscriminatory facilitation of the return of refugees and displaced persons from the 1991-95 war including property restitution for ethnic Serbs, resolution of border disputes with Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and general democratization.

Ohio's borders are within of roughly 60 % of the country's population and manufacturing infrastructure making the Dayton area a logistical centroid for manufacturers, suppliers, and shippers.

Other than defense and aerospace, healthcare accounts for much of the Dayton area's economy.

In 2011, Dayton was rated the # 3 city in the nation out of the top 50 cities in the United States by HealthGrades for excellence in health care.

Many hospitals in the Dayton area are consistently ranked by Forbes, U. S. News & World Report, and HealthGrades for clinical excellence.

In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Site Selection magazine ranked Dayton the # 1 mid sized metropolitan area in the nation for economic development.

Also in 2010, Dayton was named one of the best places in the United States for college graduates to find a job.

The canal provided the main source of growth for Dayton at the time.

Historically, Dayton has been the site for many patents and inventions since the 1870s.

The Dayton Art Institute was rated one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States for children.

Among Dayton Moore's first acts as General Manager was instating a new motto for the team: " True.

On December 14, 1995, the Dayton Agreement was signed and the Yugoslav Wars temporarily ended for a few more years.

On April 5, 1925, George Rappleyea, who worked as a local manager for the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company, happened to meet county superintendent of schools Walter White and local attorney Sue K. Hicks at Robinson's Drug Store and convinced them that the controversy of such a trial would give Dayton much needed publicity.

Famously vituperative attacks came from journalist H. L. Mencken, whose syndicated columns from Dayton for The Baltimore Sun drew vivid caricatures of the " backward " local populace, referring to the people of Rhea County as " Babbits ," " morons ," " peasants ," " hill-billies ," " yaps ," and " yokels.

The band's founding members were Liam Howe and Chris Corner, who then recruited Kelli Dayton ( formerly of Lumieres, now recording under the name Kelli Ali ) for vocal duties and long-time friend Ian Pickering to provide lyrics.

** Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee, biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.