In what year did Ohio officially become a state?

• Sonofanump

  1953 for you history buffs.
  
  http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/explanation-ohio-statehood.phtml
  
  
• said_aouita

  

  ccrunner609;1399301 wrote:Are we going to do all 57 states?

  
  Awesome.
• A PAC

  

  Not sure off the top of my head but I know they were the 17th state.
• Crimson streak

  

  I remember the bicentennial being in 2003 so 1803 would be my guess
• dlazz

  ccrunner609;1399308 wrote:without looking I think it was 1801

  1803
  
  Edit: Crimson beat me since I got on a brief Wikipedia-tangent before replying.
• TedSheckler

  

  Yup. 1803. I remember it well, even though I was a young chap back then.
• Ironman92

  

  Lincoln born that year also? Vin Scully was in his 3rd season with the Dodgers.