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From: "John W. Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 10-19
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 07:46:55 -0400


On October 19, 1781, Lord Charles Cornwallis
surrendered at Yorktown to General George
Washington, ending The Revolutionary War. Many of
the soldiers captured there were later housed at The
Hessian Barracks in Frederick.

On October 19, 1863, sessions of the Frederick
County Court began in the county's third courthouse.
This building today serves as Frederick City Hall.

On October 19, 1868, William Tyler Page, who wrote
The American's Creed, was born on Record Street in
Frederick.

On October 19, 1897, John Phillip Sousa and his band
of "60 eminent musicians" gave a concert at The City
Opera House on North Market Street in Frederick.

On October 19, 1942, Arthur C. Poulsen took over as
the acting chief of The Frederick City Police Department.

On October 19, 1973, Judge Earl Larsen, a Minnesota
federal judge, ruled in a patent suit over royalties for the
use of computer patents, that John Vincent Atanasoff,
who lived the last 38 years of his life near New Market,
was the inventor of the computer.

On October 19, 1984, Frederick City Police Private
Daniel C. Eakle was shot and killed by City Police Sgt.
William R. Hurt, after Eakle opened fire on Hurt's car at
the intersection of West South and South Jefferson
streets. Hurt was Eakle's father-in-law.

If anyone can add information to these History Moments,
or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,
please contact me privately.

John W. Ashbury
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