The Baltimore City College is a public college-preparatory high school
in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. The City College curriculum includes the
International Baccalaureate Programme and emphasizes study in the
classics and liberal arts. Baltimore City College is a magnet school,
and admission to City College is competitive. Applicants from Baltimore
and the surrounding area are evaluated using a combination of grades
and standardized test scores. Established in 1839 as an all-male
institution, City College is the third oldest public high school in the
United States, predated by the English High School of Boston (1829) and
the Central High School of Philadelphia (1836). The school was located
in three different buildings in downtown Baltimore before relocating in
1928 to its current campus at 33rd Street and The Alameda. Following an
extensive renovation of the school's main building in 1978, the school
became coeducational. City College is a National Blue Ribbon School of
Excellence (1999–2000), one of only two public secondary schools in
Baltimore City to receive the award. In the May 2007 Newsweek report on
the top 1200 schools in the US, City College ranked 258.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1794:
The Glorious First of June , the first and largest fleet action of the
naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First
French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, was fought.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_First_of_June>
1813:
War of 1812: Mortally wounded during a battle against the Royal Navy
frigate HMS Shannon, American naval commander James Lawrence of the USS
Chesapeake ordered his crew "Don't give up the ship!", today a popular
battle cry.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake>
1831:
British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led
the first expedition to reach the North Magnetic Pole.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clark_Ross>
1943:
Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways
Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain
and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable
passengers.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_777>
2001:
Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed King Birendra and several members
of the Shah royal family in a shooting spree at the Narayanhity Royal
Palace in Kathmandu.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sinecure (n):
A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment; a
cushy job
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sinecure>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with
the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect
that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner
light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this
faint light wherever it may lead.
--Carl von Clausewitz
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz>
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