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1994 1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland

1989 Michael Joseph Tamboli, born in Eldesburg, Maryland, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89

1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990

1980 Kristin Lee, born in Bethesda, Maryland, rhythmic gymnast, U.S. team 1996

1979 Brandi Lynn Burkhardt, Miss Maryland Teen USA 1997

1978 Derrick Delmore, Camp Springs, Maryland, fig skater, 1996 Grand Prix champ

1977 Jennifer Smith, Miss Maryland Teen USA 1996

1977 Jason Miller, born in Silver Springs, Maryland, actor, New Mickey Mouse Club

1976 Dominique Dawes, Silver Spring, Maryland, gymnast, Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96

1973 US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96

1973 Zach Thornton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, soccer goalkeeper, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 Clint Peay, Columbia, Maryland, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!)

1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland

1972 Michele Michael, Miss Maryland USA, 1996

1972 Susan Alexander, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, Miss America Maryland, 1997

1971 Jill Sudduth, born in Baltimore, Maryland, synchronized swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold

1971 Mark Parrish, born in Columbia, Maryland, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics

1970 Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up

1970 Damon Buford, born in Baltimore, Maryland, outfielder for the Texas Rangers

1970 Jonathan Ward, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter

1969 Suzanne Paxton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics

1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991

1969 Laura Sisk, Maryland, actress, Allison Rescott-Loving

1969 Russell Maryland, NFL defensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders

1968 Chris Haney, born in Baltimore, Maryland, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

1968 Parker Posey, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Tess Shelby-As the World Turns

1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland)

1967 Race riots in Cambridge Maryland

1967 Brian Jordan, born in Baltimore, Maryland, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1967 Katie Peterson-Parker, Bethesda, Maryland, LPGA golfer, 1995 Oldsmobile-5th

1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland

1966 Jeff Nelson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, pitcher, New York Yankees

1966 Blaise Rhodes, born in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics

1966 Rob Harbison, born in Fallston, Maryland, 3x40 rifle, Olympics-6th-1996

1966 Samantha Phillips, Ft. Meade, Maryland, Penthouse Pet

1965 Crystal Chappell, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, actress, Carly-Days of our Lives

1964 Billy Ripken, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 2nd baseman, Bal Orioles, Texas Rangers

1964 Michelle Knox-Zaloom, Annapolis, Maryland, rower 1996 Olympics

1964 Julie Peterson, Havre de Grace, Maryland, playmate, Feb, 1987

1964 Paula Marshall, born in Rockville, Maryland, actress, Lindsay Sutton-Chicago Sons

1964 Ruth Davidon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rower, Olympics-6th-96

1964 Brady Anderson, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles

1963 Kim Williams, born in Bethesda, Maryland, LPGA golfer, 1995 GHP Heartland-26th

1962 Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)

1962 Pam Shriver, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, 1991 U.S. Open doubles/Oly-gold-88

1962 Elise Burgin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star

1962 Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS 85, sk: 99

1961 Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park, Maryland, astronaut

1960 Lisa Welch Semler, Aberdeen, Maryland, playmate, Sep, 1980

1960 Rob Stull, born in Damascus, Maryland, U.S. pentathlete 1992 Olympics

1960 Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace, Maryland, shortstop, Baltimore Orioles, game streak

1960 Mark Kevin Carnevale, Annapolis, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1992 Chattanooga

1959 Grant Aleksander, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Guiding Light, All My Children

1959 Mike Bielecki, born in Baltimore, Maryland, pitcher, Atlanta Braves

1959 Harold Baines, born in Easton, Maryland, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers

1957 Dorothy Mays, born in Baltimore, Maryland, playmate, Jul, 1979

1957 Donald William Hammond, born in Frederick, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1986 Bob Hope

1956 Linda Hamilton, born in Salisbury, Maryland, actress, Catherine-Beauty and the Beast

1956 U.S. most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville, Maryland

1956 Frederick Funk, born in Takoma Park, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1992 Shell Houston Open

1956 Linda Grovenor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire

1955 Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland

1955 Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS 59, 68, 80, sk: 98

1954 Michael Daniel Reid, Bainbridge, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1987 Seiko Tucson

1953 Bess Armstrong, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws

1952 Debbie Meyer, born in Annapolis, Maryland, 200m/400m/800m swimmer, Oly-3 gold-68

1952 David Hasselhoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch

1952 Patricia Richardson, born in Bethesda, Maryland, actress, Jill-Home Improvement

1952 Brian Gottfried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, Wimbledon Doubles 1976

1951 Marsha S. Ivins, born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS 32, 46, 62, 81

1951 Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Patuxent R, Maryland, Cmdr USN/astro, STS 48, 60

1951 Patricia Richardson, Bethesada, Maryland, actress, Double Trouble, Home Imp

1951 Charles S Dutton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc

1950 Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League

1950 Damon Evans, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Lionel-The Jeffersons

1950 Howard E Rollins, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bannister-Wildside,Another World

1950 Damon Harris, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rocker, Temptations-My Girl

1950 Murphy Cross, born in Harve de Grace, Maryland, actor, Phyl and Mikhy, Perfect

1950 Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey, Maryland, wrestler 1976 Olympics silver

1947 Dwight Schultz, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, A-Team

1947 Jameson Parker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, American Justice, Simon and Simon

1947 Robert Hays, Bethesda, Maryland, actor, Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous

1947 Tamara Dobson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Amazons, Cleopatra Jones

1946 Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor, Smithereens

1945 Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park, Maryland, actress, Laugh-in, Private Benjamin

1945 Divine, [Harris Glenn Milstead], born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Pink Flamingo

1945 Linda Harrison, born in Berlin, Maryland, actress, Bracken's World, Planet of Apes

1944 Michael Tucker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Stuart Markowitz-LA Law

1941 "Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist, Mamas and The Papas

1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)

1940 Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, Natl Symph 1973-77

1939 Jay Tarses, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor and writer, Open All Night, Duck Factory

1937 Philip Glass, born in Baltimore, Maryland, minimal composer, Einstein on the Beach

1936 Anita Gillette, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck

1936 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record)

1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray

1934 Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hall of Fame outfielder for the Detroit Tigers

1934 Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers

1933 Erik Darling, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rocker, Rooftop Singers

1932 Barry Levinson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, director, Rainman

1930 John Astin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family

1929 Bethel Leslie, New York City, entertainer, Capt Newman, Maryland, Rabbit Trap

1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich, born in Baltimore, Maryland, feminist writer, Diamond Cutters

1928 Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer

1927 Gigi Durston, born in Baltimore, Maryland, singer, Sonny Kendis Show

1927 Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in New York City

1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3)

1923 Fred Robbins, born in Baltimore, Maryland, DJ, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest

1922 Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War

1922 Lillian Hayman, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Leslie Uggams Show

1921 Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, Gov-D-Md

1919 Lee Krieger, born in Maryland, actor, Clambake, One Way Wahini

1917 Hans Conried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy

1916 Robert A Bruce, Maryland, pioneer, exercise cardiology

1916 Earl Wrightson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, singer, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue

1915 Margaret Hayes, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Robert Montgomery Presents

1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic VP candidate, 1972, /directed Peace Corp

1914 James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland

1912 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record)

1911 Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife

1910 Avon Long, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Roots: Next Generation

1908 Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91

1908 Mildred Natwick, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1903 Countee Cullen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, poet, Black Christ and Other Poems

1901 Paul Ford, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Phil Silvers Show

1897 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)

1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)

1896 Herbert R O'Connor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Sen-Md, /TV narrator, Crime Syndicate

1895 David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in New York City

1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author, Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon

1889 Clarence Muse, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Sam-Casablanca, Black Stallion

1884 Joseph Crehan, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight

1880 H. L. Mencken, born in Baltimore, Maryland, newspaperman/critic, Prejudices

1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery

1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland

1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault

1863 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves

1862 Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland

1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland

1862 Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland

1862 Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington D.C.

1862 U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island

1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union

1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland

1847 1st U.S. telegraph co established in Maryland

1830 1st passenger rail service in U.S. (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland)

1828 George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General Confederate Army

1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland

1817 Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist, Fugitive Negro

1815 Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat

1788 Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia

1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution

1784 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents

1783 Annapolis Maryland, becomes U.S. capital (until June 1784)

1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland

1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec

1775 Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta

1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland

1731 Benjamin Banneker, Ellicott, Maryland, black mathematician/surveyor, Washington D.C.

1721 John Hanson, Maryland, 1st U.S. President under Articles of Confederation

1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men

1657 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland

1656 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland

1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship

1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council

1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland

1633 Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore



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