Looking Back – October 9

Nearly 200 walkers gathered at Mill Race Park in 1995 for the 6.2-mile American Heart Association Heart Walk, raising more than $10,000. From The Republic archives

2010

India was the host country of the annual Ethnic Expo international festival.

1995

The annual Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk raised $11,500 for local programs and services for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers.

1970

Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce joined in the observance of the date Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492 with a drive-yourself architectural tour, an art fair and other activities, including giving away $2,500 worth of U.S. Savings Bonds.