Maryland - Notable Historical Events
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Maryland - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1633-06-20 |
Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore |
1634-03-25 |
Under charter granted to Lord Baltimore and led by his brother Leonard Calvert first settlers found Catholic colony of Maryland |
1648-01-24 |
Lord Baltimore's representative Margaret Brent ejected from the Maryland Council after requesting right to vote |
1649-04-21 |
Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship |
1656-01-24 |
1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland |
1657-09-24 |
First autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in Maryland |
1664-09-20 |
Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black men |
1701-09-28 |
Divorce legalized in Maryland, USA |
1738-05-25 |
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners. |
1750-12-01 |
First school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland |
1763-11-15 |
Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania & Maryland |
1773-10-14 |
American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland. |
1775-07-25 |
Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta |
1781-01-30 |
Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland |
1783-11-23 |
Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784) |
1784-11-01 |
Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette & his descendents |
1788-04-28 |
Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution |
1788-12-23 |
Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for District of Columbia |
1830-05-24 |
1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland) |
1847-02-04 |
1st US telegraph co established in Maryland |
1849-09-17 |
Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers |
1849-10-03 |
American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death. |
1849-12-06 |
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland for the 2nd and final time |
1861-04-18 |
Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, part of the Maryland Campaign (US Civil War) |
1861-04-29 |
Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union (US Civil War) |
1862-06-02 |
Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC |
1862-09-04 |
Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign) |
1862-09-05 |
Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland |
1862-09-06 |
Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland |
1862-10-12 |
Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland |
1863-06-02 |
Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves |
1863-06-29 |
Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault |
1864-10-11 |
Slavery abolished in Maryland |
1864-10-13 |
Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery |
1895-10-22 |
David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland" premieres in NYC |
1897-07-26 |
37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) |
1897-07-27 |
14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record) |
1912-01-13 |
-40°F (-40°C), Oakland, Maryland (state record) |
1924-02-25 |
Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3) |
1927-09-12 |
Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in NYC |
1935-11-05 |
Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of Maryland to admit Donald Murray, a black man |
1936-07-10 |
109°F (43°C) Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record) |
1940-11-05 |
Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Wash Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R) |
1946-06-13 |
1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland |
1948-11-12 |
The first mobile betatron (particle accelerator) begins operation at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland |
1955-08-15 |
Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland |
1956-07-04 |
US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland |
1961-06-19 |
US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God |
1963-09-19 |
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. |
1963-12-08 |
Pan Am Flight 214 crashes outside Elkton, Maryland with 81 killed. Only case of lighting causing air crash |
1966-11-30 |
Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland |
1967-07-24 |
Race riots in Cambridge, Maryland |
1973-08-08 |
US vice-president Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. Vowed not to resign. |
1973-12-02 |
US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96 |
1988-05-23 |
Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 |
1994-12-31 |
1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland |
1996-05-06 |
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. |
2012-06-30 |
Mid-Atlantic storms in the United States kill 13 and leave millions without power in Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. |
2012-11-07 |
Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage |
2016-03-14 |
Maryland Shooting Outside Police Station Leaves One Officer Dead |
2016-05-31 |
UNC edges Maryland in OT for first NCAA lacrosse championship in 25 years |
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Maryland - Notable Birthdays
Maryland - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1605-08-08 |
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) |
1637-08-27 |
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715) |
1721-04-13 |
John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation |
1732-11-13 |
John Dickinson, Talbot County Maryland, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808) |
1745-03-10 |
John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807) |
1815-12-23 |
Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat |
1817-10-17 |
Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist (Fugitive Negro) |
1828-08-24 |
George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
1873-10-02 |
Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924) |
1878-09-20 |
Upton Beall Sinclair, Baltimore, Maryland, US writer (Jungle), (d. 1968) |
1882-10-04 |
Felix Krembs, The Heart of Maryland |
1887-02-07 |
Eubie Blake, Baltimore Maryland, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) (d. 1983) |
1894-05-27 |
Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, detective novelist (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) |
1895-02-06 |
George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, Maryland, baseball great (NY Yankees) |
1908-07-02 |
Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice (1967-91), (d. 1993) |
1914-04-26 |
James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland) |
1921-11-02 |
Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, (Gov-D-Md) |
1926-06-03 |
Roscoe G Bartlett, (Rep-R-Maryland) |
1926-11-13 |
Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland |
1927-04-03 |
Wesley Brown, Baltimore, Maryland, 1st African American US Naval Academy graduate, (d. 2012) |
1930-05-11 |
William Carey, Baltimore, Maryland, American businessman and philanthropist (W.P. Carey & Co. LLC) (d. 2012) |
1931-02-12 |
Constance A Morella, (Rep-R-Maryland) |
1939-03-04 |
Jack Fisher, Frostburg Maryland, MLB Pitcher |
1940-05-06 |
Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77) |
1941-09-19 |
"Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas) |
1943-10-05 |
Benjamin L Cardin, (Rep-D-Maryland) |
1945-03-04 |
Gary Williams, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1946-04-15 |
Wayne Gilchrest, (Rep-R-Maryland) |
1946-10-02 |
Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor (Smithereens) |
1947-04-12 |
Tom Clancy, Baltmore Maryland, American author |
1948-10-24 |
Kweisi Mfume, (Rep-D-Maryland)/CEO (NAACP) |
1951-04-15 |
Marsha S Ivins, Baltimore Maryland, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81) |
1951-09-10 |
Albert R Wynn, (Rep-D-Maryland) |
1952-03-28 |
Len Elmore, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1953-10-31 |
John Lucas, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1957-11-25 |
Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor |
1960-08-24 |
Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace Maryland, shortstop (Baltimore Orioles, consecutive game streak) |
1962-12-28 |
Melissa R. Kelly, former Maryland politician |
1963-01-18 |
Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland |
1964-03-29 |
Michael A. Jackson, Maryland politician |
1964-10-05 |
Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician |
1969-03-22 |
Russell Maryland, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders) |
1969-03-22 |
Russell Maryland, Super Bowl XXVII |
1969-09-11 |
Laura Sisk, Maryland, actress (Allison Rescott-Loving) |
1969-10-12 |
Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park Md, Miss Maryland-America (1991) |
1972-03-06 |
Susan Alexander, Silver Spring Maryland, Miss America-Maryland (1997) |
1972-03-09 |
Marcia M Griffith, Washington DC, Miss America-Maryland (1996) |
1972-03-21 |
Michele Michael, Miss Maryland USA (1996) |
1973-03-13 |
Ann Coale, Miss USA-Maryland (1997) |
1974-10-09 |
Keith Booth, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1977-07-18 |
Phil Dixon, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1977-11-12 |
Jennifer Smith, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1996) |
1978-10-09 |
Juan Dixon, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1979-06-25 |
Brandi Lynn Burkhardt, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1997) |
1981-05-17 |
Drew Nicholas, Tragedy to Triumph: The Maryland Terrapin Odyssey |
1984-10-06 |
Jonathan Austin, Walking to Maryland |
1985-05-07 |
Lucas Kidd, Walking to Maryland |
1985-06-30 |
Michael Phelps, Baltimore, Maryland, American swimmer (16 Olympic medals) |
1985-08-06 |
Lucien Knotter, Beachfront Maryland Materpieces |
1986-12-18 |
Michael Kozlowski, Walking to Maryland |
Maryland - Notable Weddings
Maryland - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1959-05-28 |
Muppeteer Jim Henson (22) weds Jane Nebel (24) in Salisbury, Maryland |
1987-11-13 |
MLB baseball player Cal Ripken Jr (27) weds Kelly Geer at Towson United Methodist Church in Maryland |
1989-02-09 |
NBA power forward Charles Barkley (26) weds legal aide Maureen Blumhardt in Elkton, Maryland |
1997-12-31 |
"The Fresh Prince" Will Smith (43) weds actress and singer-songwriter Jada Pinkett (40) in Baltimore, Maryland |
2013-10-12 |
Actor Ben Feldman (33) weds longtime girlfriend Michelle Mulitz at Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, Maryland |
Maryland - Notable Deaths
Maryland - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1632-04-15 |
George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) |
1675-11-30 |
Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605) |
1715-02-21 |
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637) |
1752-05-03 |
Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692) |
1768-06-19 |
Benjamin Tasker, Governor of Maryland (b. 1690) |
1807-05-17 |
John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745) |
1821-01-04 |
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland at 46 |
1960-03-04 |
Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. 1896) |
1964-11-05 |
Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (b. 1893) |
