Today in Baltimore History
Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 100
1632-06-20 - Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
1633-06-13 - Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore
1634-03-25 - Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
1647-06-24 - Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council
1729-07-30 - City of Baltimore founded
1796-12-18 - 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
1800-01-05 - 1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
1808-04-08 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
1809-11-22 - Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen
1814-09-12 - Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812
1816-06-11 - Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
1817-02-05 - 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1817-02-17 - 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
1821-05-31 - Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
1827-02-28 - 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
1828-07-04 - Construction begins on B & O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st US passenger RR
1829-12-21 - 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
1830-01-07 - 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
1830-05-20 - 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American)
1830-05-24 - 1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland)
1830-09-18 - Horse beats 1st US made locomotive (near Baltimore)
1832-05-21 - 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
1840-02-01 - Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
1844-05-25 - 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
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.
1851-06-15 - Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory
1861-04-19 - Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1863-07-01 - -2] Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
1864-02-21 - 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
1869-10-21 - 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
1870-10-25 - Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
1887-10-21 - Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3
1891-07-08 - 61°F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
1891-12-19 - 1st Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore
1892-02-02 - Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)
1892-08-13 - US black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore
1898-04-22 - Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
1899-09-15 - 5th US Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD
1900-03-08 - NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1903-01-09 - 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 & moved it to NY
1904-02-07 - Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
1915-03-08 - 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
1916-02-11 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
1922-06-14 - Pres Harding is 1st US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
1923-01-07 - Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
1928-10-06 - 11th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore
1947-10-27 - WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948-03-11 - WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948-11-02 - WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950-10-22 - LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
1951-01-18 - NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
1953-01-02 - NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
1953-01-23 - NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
1953-03-01 - WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
1953-03-16 - AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore
1953-09-27 - Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal
1953-10-07 - Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
1953-10-29 - A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns
1953-11-17 - St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1954-03-14 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
1954-09-27 - School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools
1957-08-05 - WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
1958-07-28 - Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
1959-08-14 - 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
1960-08-12 - 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7 (70,000)
1963-09-19 - Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
1966-05-08 - Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1967-03-01 - WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
1967-10-27 - 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records
1969-09-28 - Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
1969-10-06 - WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971-01-03 - Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game
1971-04-11 - WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1971-07-30 - 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
1971-10-13 - 1st World Series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3)
1972-07-13 - LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
1973-10-11 - Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
1974-06-02 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Baltimore Golf Classic
1975-01-24 - "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1976-06-15 - Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman
1977-04-30 - Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ
1977-05-15 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1977-09-18 - Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore
1978-05-14 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1979-07-22 - Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1980-07-20 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1980-11-12 - Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
1982-10-03 - Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship
1983-04-10 - Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1984-03-29 - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
1985-07-14 - Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24
1986-05-14 - Pride of Baltimore lost at sea.
1987-05-11 - 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
1988-07-29 - Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson & Curt Schilling
1990-01-10 - "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore
1991-10-01 - Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
1993-07-13 - 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
1994-12-31 - 1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland
1995-07-28 - Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore
1996-07-14 - NY Yanks sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 46 of 46
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)
1797-12-03 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1814-08-23 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877)
1834-07-23 - James "Cardinal" Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore
1880-09-12 - Henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)
1884-07-12 - Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)
1892-05-28 - Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister)
1895-02-06 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
1907-05-06 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets)
1922-12-02 - Leo V Gordon, Baltimore MD, actor (Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War)
1924-08-03 - Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
1926-06-09 - Mona Freeman, Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress)
1926-10-24 - Y A Tittle, AAFC/NFL QB (Baltimore, SF, NY Giants, MVP 1963)
1927-01-02 - Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
1932-06-02 - Barry Levinson, Baltimore MD, director (Rainman)
1933-02-27 - Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts)
1933-06-01 - Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts)
1933-09-25 - Erik Darling, Baltimore MD, rocker (Rooftop Singers)
1933-11-25 - Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts)
1934-04-03 - Jim Parker, NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts)
1934-12-09 - Al Kaline, Baltimore Md, baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
1934-12-19 - Al Kaline, Baltimore MD, Hall of Fame outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
1937-01-31 - Philip Glass, Baltimore Md, minimal composer (Einstein on the Beach)
1937-04-13 - Lanford Wilson, US playwright (Hot L Baltimore)
1938-03-07 - David Baltimore, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1940-05-06 - Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77)
1940-12-21 - Frank Zappa, Baltimore, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls)
1941-09-24 - John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers)
1945-10-19 - Harris Glenn Divine, Baltimore MD
1945-11-17 - Elvin Hayes, NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
1946-03-14 - Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
1947-05-14 - Tamara Dobson, Baltimore MD, actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones)
1951-04-15 - Marsha S Ivins, Baltimore Maryland, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81)
1952-01-27 - Brian Gottfried, Baltimore Md, tennis star (Wimbledon Doubles 1976)
1952-02-03 - Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder (Boston, Calif, Baltimore)
1956-02-06 - Linda Grovenor, Baltimore MD, actress (Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire)
1957-07-24 - Dorothy Mays, Baltimore MD, playmate (Jul, 1979)
1959-07-31 - Mike Bielecki, Baltimore MD, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1962-03-05 - Elise Burgin, Baltimore MD, tennis star
1962-03-05 - Robert L Curbeam Jr, Baltimore Md, astronaut (STS 85, sk: 99)
1966-11-17 - Jeff Nelson, Baltimore MD, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1967-03-29 - Brian Jordan, Baltimore MD, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1967-12-14 - Noelle Beck, Baltimore, actress (Trisha-Loving, Fletch Lives)
1968-11-16 - Chris Haney, Baltimore MD, pitcher (KC Royals)
1970-06-12 - Damon Buford, Baltimore MD, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
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)
1863-07-08 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
1873-12-24 - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)
1877-10-03 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (b. 1814)
