Namesake: Lord Baltimore (Cecilius Calvert), a member of the Irish House of Lords, and one of the original proprietors of the Maryland Colony
Date Settled: 1729
Nicknames: Charm City
Monumental City
Birdland
Famous Citizens:
- Johns Hopkins (our hero)
- Babe Ruth
- Edgar Allen Poe (his poem inspired name of football team)
- Frederick Douglass
- Harriet Tubman
- Francis Scott Key
- Jane Porter (Tarzen's mate)
- Billie Holliday
- Thurgood Marshall
- Jeff Koons
- Reggie Lewis
- Emily Post
- Spiro Agnew
- Nancy Pelosi
- Edward Norton
- Michael Phelps
- Baltimore Bascilica (1806) oldest Catholic Catherdral in US
- Phoenix Shot Tower (1828 ) was the tallest building in the US until the Civil War
- World Trade Center (1977) designed by I. M. Pei
- Orioles
- Ravens
- National Bohemian (Natty Boh)