Today in Maryland History
Cities in Maryland: Baltimore
Historical Events
Results 1 - 54 of 54
1633-06-13 - Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore
1634-03-25 - Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
1634-03-25 - The first settlers arrive in Maryland.
1647-06-24 - Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council
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 - 1st autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland
1664-09-20 - Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black men
1704-09-28 - Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher
1738-05-25 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
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 Dist 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
1849-10-03 - 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
1861-04-29 - Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
1862-06-02 - Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
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 U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray
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
1955-10-12 - -13] Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland
1956-07-04 - US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
1962-09-10 - Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)
1963-09-19 - Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
1963-12-08 - 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
1963-12-08 - Pan Am Flight 214 crashes outsideElkton, Marylandwith a loss of 81 people.
1966-11-30 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
1967-07-24 - Race riots in Cambridge Maryland
1973-08-08 - VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from govt contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!)
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.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 36 of 36
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
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, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1873-10-02 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924)
1894-05-27 - Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)
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
1931-02-12 - Constance A Morella, (Rep-R-Maryland)
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)
1946-04-15 - Wayne Gilchrest, (Rep-R-Maryland)
1946-10-02 - Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor (Smithereens)
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)
1957-11-25 - Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor
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)
1969-09-11 - 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)
1977-11-12 - Jennifer Smith, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1996)
1979-06-25 - Brandi Lynn Burkhardt, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1997)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
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 Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
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)
