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1997 Event - 97th U.S. Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 276 Congressional CC Bethesda Md

1987 Event - 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md

1986 Death - Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67

1984 Event - Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40

1978 Event - Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md

1976 Event - 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD

1976 Event - Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV

1973 Birthday - Neil Patrick Harris, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, actor, Doogie Howser MD

1971 Event - WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting

1971 Event - WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - 1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV

1969 Event - Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV

1967 Event - WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast

1966 Event - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colorado

1964 Event - 64th U.S. Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional CC MD

1961 Birthday - Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95

1961 Event - U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God

1959 Birthday - Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut

1957 Event - WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions

1957 Birthday - Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS-78-alt

1956 Birthday - Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS-47

1956 Birthday - David A. Wolf, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, MD/astronaut, STS-58, sk: 89/91

1956 Birthday - Bernard A. Harris, Jr., born in Temple Texas, MD/Astronaut, STS-55, 63

1954 Event - School integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore Md public schools

1954 Event - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Birthday - [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS-90

1953 Birthday - Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS-72

1953 Birthday - Ellen L. Shulman Baker, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-34, 50, 71

1950 Event - Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run

1949 Birthday - Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A

1948 Event - WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting

1947 Birthday - Margaret Rhea Seddon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MD/astronaut, STS-51D, 40, SK:58

1947 Event - WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting

1947 Event - Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft. Deposit and Perryville Md, kills 53

1946 Birthday - William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I

1945 Birthday - Harris Glenn Divine, Baltimore MD

1943 Birthday - Norman E. Thagard, born in Marianna, Florida, MD/astronaut, STS-7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir

1935 Birthday - F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut, STS-6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80

1932 Event - 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)

1929 Birthday - William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49

1928 Birthday - Pernell Roberts, Waycross, Georgia, actor, Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD

1926 Birthday - Elena Verdugo, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD

1924 Birthday - Leonard Rosenman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV composer, Marcus Welby MD

1923 Birthday - Mary McCarty, Winfield, Kansas, actress and singer, Starch-Trapper John MD

1922 Birthday - Janis Paige, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD

1921 Event - 25th U.S. Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD

1907 Birthday - Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD

1899 Event - 5th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD

1864 Event - Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD)

1864 Event - Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400

1864 Event - S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid-

1863 Event - Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek)

1863 Event - Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD

1862 Event - Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)

1862 Event - Skirmish at Mountain MD (Boonesboro, Crampton's Gap, Fox's Gap)

1767 Event - Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon

1765 Event - People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax

1750 Event - 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md

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