Firsts
- 1863 – Free home delivery of mail - Joseph W. Briggs
- 1879 – Electric lighting of public streets - Charles F. Brush
- 1880 – Standardized formula paints - Sherwin-Williams Co.
- 1890 – Indoor shopping center (The Arcade)
- 1896 – X-ray machine and whole-body scanner – Dayton C. Miller (Case School of Applied Science); X-Ray photograph in the U.S. - Dudley Wick (his hand)
- 1898 – Automobile sale in the U.S. - Alexander Winton
- 1899 – Wound-rubber core golf ball - Haskell Coburn
- 1900 – Automobile club
- 1901 – Automobile steering wheel - Alexander Winton
- 1905 – Blood transfusion - Dr. George W. Crile, Sr.
- 1910 – Automobile shock absorbers - C.H. Foster
- 1914 – Electric traffic signal - Euclid Ave. & East 105th St.
- 1915 – Submachine gun
- 1916 – Gas mask successfully demonstrated at Cleveland Waterworks explosion - Garrett A. Morgan
- 1920 – Unassisted triple play in a World Series Baseball Game
- 1921 – Automobile windshield wiper - Frederick G. and William M. Folberth
- 1927 – Municipal airport (Cleveland Hopkins International) and air traffic control tower
- 1928 – Frosted light bulbs - Marvin Pipkin
- 1929 – Airplane automatic pilot (tested)
- 1936 – Health museum
- 1951 – Rock and Roll Music (public recognition and coinage of the term) - Alan Freed
- 1952 – Successful siamese twin separation
- 1967 – Elected the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city - Carl B. Stokes; Coronary artery bypass - Dr. René Favaloro - Cleveland Clinic
- 1968 – Rapid transit rail service from airport to downtown
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