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Baltimore (/ˈbɔːltɪmɔːr/ BAWL-tim-or, locally: /ˌbɔːldɪˈmɔːr/ BAWL-dih-MOR or /ˈbɔːlmər/ BAWL-mər) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous city in the United States. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and is currently the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined with the larger Washington metropolitan area, the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) has a 2020 U.S. census population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country.

The land that is now Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 1600s, the Susquehannock began to hunt there. People 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. (Full article...)

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The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the American League's eight charter teams in 1901, the franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902. After 52 years in St. Louis, the franchise was purchased in 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. The team's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos. The Orioles' home ballpark is Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which opened in 1992 in downtown Baltimore.

The oriole is the official state bird of Maryland; the name has been used by several baseball clubs in the city, including another AL charter member franchise which moved to New York in 1903 and became the Yankees. Nicknames for the team include the "O's" and the "Birds". (Full article...)

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Baltimore Basilica, the first cathedral built in the U.S.

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Hopkins, c. 1871

Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for most of his life.

Hopkins invested heavily in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), which eventually led to his appointment as finance director of the company. He was also president of Baltimore-based Merchants' National Bank. Hopkins was a staunch supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the Union, often using his Maryland residence as a gathering place for Union strategists. He was a Quaker and supporter of the abolitionist cause. (Full article...)

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Did you know...

... that Richard Worley played in minor baseball leagues and is now the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department?
... that a great-grandfather and a grandfather of a commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department also served in the department?
... that in the 1930s two hoards of gold coins were found in a cellar in Baltimore, Maryland?
... that a Baltimore TV station aspired to be "the Cadillac of independents"?
... that the Harlem Park Three were awarded US$48 million, the largest sum in Baltimore history, after being falsely imprisoned for murder?
... that the Hotel Brexton in Baltimore was once home to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée who married Edward VIII?

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The following are images from various Baltimore-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Francis Kenrick, the sixth Archbishop of Baltimore (1851–1863). (from History of Baltimore)
Image 2Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking West from East Pratt and North Gay Streets (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 3Sharp Street Church was established 1787, the existing building having been erected in 1898 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 4West Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Image 5The Baltimore riot of 1861 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 6Marylanders steam blue crabs, usually in water, beer and Old Bay Seasoning. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 7Blue crabs (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 8John E. Hurst Building, site of the fire's outbreak (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 9Worker assembling an aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore (from History of Baltimore)
Image 10Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engine and passenger car from the 1830s. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 11An 1864 map of Baltimore (from History of Baltimore)
Image 12Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 13Simple row houses like these in Locust Point make up much of Baltimore's housing stock. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 14East Midway (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Image 15Storefront of establishment selling Lake Trout in Baltimore (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 16Map of Chesapeake Bay area by John Senex, 1719, with Baltimore County labeled near Maryland's border with Pennsylvania. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 17Same view in 1906, 2 years after the fire (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 18Child labor at J.S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 19South Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Image 20Some 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)
Image 21Baltimore Street Map, 1838 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 22An illustration of the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire in February 1904 (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 23View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill, by Francis Guy, 1802-03 (Brooklyn Museum) (from History of Baltimore)
Image 24View of Baltimore by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854) (from History of Baltimore)
Image 25Mount Clare Mansion, known today as the Mount Clare Museum House, is the oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 26Marble steps, East Fort Avenue, Locust Point, August 2014 (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 27Baltimore Street Map, 1892 (from History of Baltimore)

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January 28, 2024 – 2023 NFL season: In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Detroit Lions to advance to Super Bowl LVIII. (USA Today)

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