Notable Historical Milestones and Expansions
A chronological roll of events spans 1775 Washington's nomination as commander in chief by Maryland's Thomas Johnson, with Adams seconding the motion, to Arkansas' 1836 statehood with Little Rock as capital. It covers Grant's Petersburg siege beginning 1864, the 1865 General Slocum disaster in New York, and a 1853 veterans pension reform bill surpassing prior costs. The list ends with 1835 and Adah Isaacs Menken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Washington
Continental Army
John Adams
Arkansas
Little Rock
Grant
Petersburg
General Slocum
Hell Gate
East River
New York City
House of Representatives
Senate
Adah Isaacs Menken
NotableBirths and Deaths and Chile Aid Update
The column notes Dolores Fuertes born in New Orleans and later a Paris dancer who died there in 1868. It lists 1849 Polk’s Nashville birth and presidency highlights. Birth anniversaries cover James Lindsay Brown Jr and others, plus an aid update: 39 national societies contributed 3,250,000 Swiss francs for Chile earthquake relief with francs valued near 0.23 USD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dolores Adios Fuertes
Mazeppa
Paris
James Nixon Polk
U.S
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Polk
Henry Clay
Oregon
Great Britain
Texas
California
New Mexico
Mecklenberg County
N.C
James Lindsay Brown Jr
Virginia
Charlottesville
Geneva
API
League of Red Cross Societies
Chile
Cambridge Hospital to Carry Out Arbitration Recommendations
Cambridge Maryland Hospital directors endorsed the arbitration panel’s plan to end the dispute and reorganize the hospital. The panel urged the dismissal of administrator Harold P. Coston and the relinquishment of executive duties by four doctors and six directors for at least three years. The doctors expressed full accord, while the directors named Judge W Laird Henry Jr. to head a committee drafting charter amendments for new director elections and implementing wage voting changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
API
Cambridge-Maryland Hospital
Harold P. Coston
Rand
W. Laird Henry Jr
Coston
Henry
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Know
America
Democratic National Committee
South Bend
Ind
Marshall Field Jr
Field Enterprises
Walter L. Jacobs
Hertz Corp
Chicago
John Reed Kilpatrick
Paul Peter Rae
Customs Cort
N. Y
Prizzi
Italy
Seiberling
Melvin M. Engle
S. Market St
N. Market St. Frederick Shopping Center
Tre
Zerbal
Frederick Shopping Center
Formosa
Antonia Marie
Stockbridge
Mass
Francis Wempe
Cumberland
le Chia-Bi
Joseph Yuan
Hai-An
Valance
Kenneth
Sandlewood
Ennett
Frederick's
Homemaker Store
OLE
Frederick
Olga
Egits
East South St
Westinghouse
Freezer
Monn Westinghouse
CNO Money Down
pSate
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