Pauli Murray becomes the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal Priest.
After a long and successful career advocating for civil rights, Pauli Murray becomes the first African American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal Priest.
American Innovation
Marin Alsop is the first woman appointed to a major American orchestra
Marin Alsop is the first woman appointed to a major American orchestra.
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Inventor William Painter (1838-1906) is the first to create a practical method of capping bottled carbonated beverages.
Inventor William Painter (1838-1906) is the first to create a practical method of capping bottled carbonated beverages.
Alexander Brown creates first investment bank in U.S.
Alexander Brown (1764-1834), an Irish linen merchant, settles in Baltimore and creates the first investment bank in the United States. In 1808, the company organizes the first nationwide public offering for the Baltimore Water Company.
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Chinese and Asian immigrants arrive
John O’Donnell brings the first Asian immigrants to the US in 1785 as sailors on his ship that carries a cargo of Chinese goods. His statue in O’Donnell Square has been recently removed.
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Crisfield: Seafood Capital of the World
In 1904 with a population of 25,000 Crisfield becomes the second largest city in Maryland due to its marketing of the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay on newly created rail lines.
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Fannie May Salter, last female lighthouse keeper
Fannie May Salter serves 22 years ending in 1947 as the last female lighthouse keeper at Turkey Point Light on the Elk Neck River in Cecil County. Here she is pictured with her son and their turkeys. Her house and lighthouse are in the background.
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Mathew Henson reaches North Pole
Born in Charles County to a sharecropping family, Mathew Henson meets Robert Peary, joining him for the first party to reach the North Pole in 1909.
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Mallows Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the first in an American River
Mallows Bay in Charles County became home to a wooden “ghost fleet” of 230 World War II ships in 2019. It is now a wildlife sanctuary.
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Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard builds the first Liberty Ship
Baltimore shipyards build 384 Liberty Ships over four years to carry supplies and soldiers to the European battlefields of World War II.
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