The Booth Family, stained by one event
The Booth Brothers were well known American actors. Here they are costumed for Julius Caesar; John Wilkes is on the left.
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The Booth Brothers were well known American actors. Here they are costumed for Julius Caesar; John Wilkes is on the left.
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An African American teen, born enslaved, becomes a nationally recognized chess champion in 1872 in Frederick.
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Edwin Smith opens an observatory in Gaithersburg to measure the earth’s wobble as part of a six observatory worldwide survey.
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Carroll County inaugurates Rural Free Delivery of the mail. Four letter carriers and their horses begin free daily delivery from Westminster.
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William Dorsey Swann, born enslaved in Hancock, becomes America’s first drag queen, sponsors “drag balls” in DC. He is arrested and serves 10 months in jail.
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George Herman “Babe” Ruth is born in Baltimore to working class German parents, During 22 seasons of major league baseball he becomes baseball’s most famous player and cultural icon. His home runs are the longest ever recorded.
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The Afro-American is the oldest family-owned newspaper in the U.S. Founded by John Henry Murphy, born a slave and a Civil War veteran, it becomes the most successful weekly on the East Coast. It is still run by the Murphy family.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital opens, creating the first modern medical school. Local women donate funds, provided it is the first to admit women. The Hospital accepts black patients in segregated wards. Many medical firsts follow.
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Pratt Library is first public library to open for all “without distinction of race or color”. Inspires nationwide Carnegie Library system.
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Johns Hopkins University opens its doors as the first US school based on a German model emphasizing graduate education. It has produced many firsts, notably the sanitation work of Abel Wolman
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