Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lieutenant Governor.
Aruna Miller is the first South Asian woman in the U.S. to serve as a state Lt. Governor.
Government
Wes Moore becomes youngest African American governor
Wes Moore’s leadership marks a first for Maryland.
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Columbia family is first to control its eco-friendly yard
A Columbia couple initiates a suit that becomes the first law in the country in 2023 that limits Homeowner Association’s control over eco-friendly yards.
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Carla Hayden becomes the Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden heads the country’s oldest federal institution, The Library of Congress, in 2019. She is the first professional librarian, first woman and first African American in the post. Previously she directed the Enoch Pratt in Baltimore for 13 years.
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Unknown Black mental patients buried at Crownsville Hospital are honored
Janice Hayes-Williams honors the memory of the anonymous African American mental patients buried at the Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane, founded in 1911.
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Maryland Board of Censors goes out of business
Maryland closes the country’s longest surviving state censorship board (1916-1981) as a cost cutting measure. Board member Mary Avara (on right) becomes well known for policing violence, language and sex content in films and for admonishing John Waters.
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Barbara Mikulski enters public office
Barbara Mikulski, Baltimore social worker, is elected to the US House of Representatives in 1976, then to the Senate in 1986, becoming longest-serving female member of Congress.
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Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns, avoids jail
In 1973 US Vice President Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to taking cash kickbacks from Maryland contractors in the VP office. He escapes jail by resigning. The first VP to be accused of a crime but not convicted is Aaron Burr for treason in 1807.
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City of Columbia
“Columbia, Maryland, is the best place to raise a family in the country.” Jim Rouse creates a carefully planned city for “joyous living” in 1967.
Rachel Carson publishes “Silent Spring”
Rachel Carson publishes a controversial environmental book in 1962 that leads to the banning of DDT and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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