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Baltimore (/ˈbɔːltɪmɔːr/ BAWL-tim-or, locally: /ˈbɔːlmər/ BAWL-mər) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the 30th most populous city in the United States, with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today is the largest independent city in the United States. As of 2017, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be just under 2.802 million, making it the 21st largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the third-largest CSA in the nation, with a calculated 2018 population of 9,797,063.
Prior to European colonization, the Baltimore region was used as hunting grounds by the Susquehannock Native Americans, who were primarily settled further north than where the city was later built. Colonists from the Province of Maryland established the Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe, and established the Town of Baltimore in 1729. The first printing press and newspapers were introduced to Baltimore by Nicholas Hasselbach and William Goddard respectively, in the mid- 18th century. (Full article...)
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The Baltimore Ravens joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1996 as an expansion team, after former-Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell decided to relocate his team to Baltimore. The Browns were later reactivated in 1999. The Ravens' first selection as an NFL team was Jonathan Ogden, an offensive lineman from UCLA. The team's most recent first-round selections were Rashod Bateman, a wide receiver from Minnesota and Odafe Oweh, a defensive end from Penn State in 2021.
Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades. (Full article...)Selected picture -
Panorama at night of the Inner Harbor
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Felix Agnus (4 July 1839 – 31 October 1925) was a French-born sculptor, newspaper publisher and soldier who served in the Franco-Austrian War and the American Civil War. Agnus studied sculpture before enlisting to fight in the Franco-Austrian War. Upon the conclusion of the war, he travelled to the United States and again briefly worked as a sculptor. In 1861, upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, Agnus enlisted in the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, and served with merit, rising to brevet brigadier-general before being mustered out of service. Agnus was then inspector general of the Department of the South and supervised the dismantling of Confederate forts.
After the war, Agnus settled in Baltimore and worked for the Baltimore American, eventually becoming publisher of the paper. Charles Fulton, the previous publisher, was his father-in-law, Agnus having married Fulton's daughter Annie on 13 December 1864. As the publisher, Agnus was an original member of the Associated Press, and a prominent citizen in Baltimore. He was offered political positions, including as a United States Senator and a United States Consul, both of which he declined. He served on several local and national commissions. Agnus died in 1925. A funerary statue formerly placed on his grave, known as Black Aggie, is the subject of urban legends. (Full article...)Did you know...
- ... that the statue of Billie Holiday in Upton, Baltimore, also depicts a crow eating a gardenia?
- ... that Hunuki Hunukitama traveled to Baltimore to negotiate the establishment of a Korean holy city in Niue?
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View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill, by Francis Guy, 1802-03 (Brooklyn Museum) (from History of Baltimore)
Francis Kenrick, the sixth Archbishop of Baltimore (1851–1863). (from History of Baltimore)
The Baltimore riot of 1861 (from History of Baltimore)
Mount Clare Mansion, known today as the Mount Clare Museum House, is the oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore. (from History of Baltimore)
John E. Hurst Building, site of the fire's outbreak (from Great Baltimore Fire)
West Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
A Polock Johnny franchise at one of its locations on the Boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Baltimore Street Map, 1892 (from History of Baltimore)
Simple row houses like these in Locust Point make up much of Baltimore's housing stock. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Sharp Street Church was established 1787, the existing building having been erected in 1898 (from History of Baltimore)
Map of Chesapeake Bay area by John Senex, 1719, with Baltimore County labeled near Maryland's border with Pennsylvania. (from History of Baltimore)
Baltimore Street Map, 1838 (from History of Baltimore)
East Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
View of Baltimore by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854) (from History of Baltimore)
An 1864 map of Baltimore (from History of Baltimore)
Storefront of establishment selling Lake Trout in Baltimore (from Culture of Baltimore)
Some of the more upscale rowhouses in Baltimore, like these brightly painted homes in Charles Village, have complete porches instead of stoops (from Culture of Baltimore)
Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking West from East Pratt and North Gay Streets (from Great Baltimore Fire)
South Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Marylanders steam blue crabs, usually in water, beer and Old Bay Seasoning. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Same view in 1906, 2 years after the fire (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engine and passenger car from the 1830s. (from History of Baltimore)
Child labor at J.S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine. (from History of Baltimore)
Marble steps, East Fort Avenue, Locust Point, August 2014 (from Culture of Baltimore)
Worker assembling an aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore (from History of Baltimore)
Blue crabs (from Culture of Baltimore)
The aftermath of the fire (from Great Baltimore Fire)
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- January 10, 2022 – Xenotransplantation
- Doctors at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, successfully transplant a pig heart into a human patient for the first time. (ABC News)
- September 26, 2021 – 2021 NFL season
- In American football, Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker kicks a 66-yard field goal during the team's 19–17 victory against the Detroit Lions, making it the longest field goal in National Football League history. (The Baltimore Sun)
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