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Baltimore

city in Maryland, United States

13 dated entries naming Baltimore, drawn from 13 separate years between 1827 CE and 2024 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1827May 21 – The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore, and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.source
  • 1839March 7 – Baltimore City College, the third public high school in the United States, is established in Baltimore, Maryland.source
  • 1840April 2 – The Washingtonian movement for teetotalism is founded by a group of alcoholics in Baltimore, Maryland.source
  • 1844May 24 – The first electrical telegram is sent by Samuel Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, saying "What hath God wrought".source
  • 1852Loyola College is chartered in Baltimore, Maryland.source
  • 1873May 23 – The Preakness Stakes horse race is run for the first time in Baltimore.source
  • 1876February 22 – Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland.source
  • 1877July 16 – Great Railroad Strike of 1877: Riots by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad railroad workers in Baltimore lead to a sympathy strike and rioting in Pittsburgh, and a full-scale worker's rebellion in St. Louis, briefly establishing a communist government, before U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes calls in the armed forces.source

20th century

  • 1913March 7 – Alum Chine explosion: British freighter Alum Chine, carrying 343 tons of dynamite, explodes in the harbour of Baltimore, Maryland.source
  • 1941September 27 – The first liberty ship, the , is launched at Baltimore.source
  • 1976November 3 – Carrie, an American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma, is premiered in 17 theaters in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area.source

21st century

  • 2022January 10 – The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient occurs in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.source
  • 2024March 26 – A container ship collides with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, causing a total collapse of the bridge and the deaths of six people.source

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