The history of Baltimore City College began in 1839, when the city council
of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. passed a resolution mandating the creation of a
male high school with a focus on English and classical literature. Baltimore
City College was opened in the same year with 46 pupils under the direction
of Nathan C. Brooks, a local educator and poet. In 1850, the council granted
the school the authority to present its graduates with certificates of
completion. An effort to expand that power and allow City College to confer
Bachelor of Arts degrees began in 1865, but ended unsuccessfully in 1869. By
the early 1900s, as the importance of higher education increased, the
school's priorities shifted to preparing students for college. In 1927, the
academic program was further changed, when City College divided its
curriculum into two tracks: the standard college preparatory "B" course, and
a more rigorous "A" course of study. In the 1950s, the school underwent
demographic changes following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Brown
v. Board of Education case. In September 1954, African-Americans entered
City College for the first time and continued to increase as a proportion of
the student population in the 1960s. The school saw further changes in the
student population with the acceptance of women in 1978.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1708:
Having burned down in the 1666 Great Fire of London, the rebuilt St Paul's
Cathedral was completed on the 76th birthday of its architect, Christopher
Wren.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral)
1818:
The United Kingdom and the United States signed the Treaty of 1818, which
settled the Canada – United States border on the 49th parallel for most of
its length.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_1818)
1827:
An allied British, French, and Russian naval force destroyed a combined
Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino, a decisive moment in
the Greek War of Independence.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Navarino)
1967:
Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject at Six
Rivers National Forest in California who they claimed was a bigfoot.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson-Gimlin_film)
1973:
Queen Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, formally opened
the Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
wormily: (adv) In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and
turning.
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wormily)
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Wikiquote of the day:
To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history.
--Thomas Browne
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Browne)