TIME MACHINE: 1938, 1995, 2012

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October, 1938

The Morning News (Wilmington)

February, 1995

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The Sunday Star (Easton)

Five Years Ago

2012 Technology

• Windows releases the Windows 8 operating system meant for tablets and touch screens.
• Sally Ride, the first woman in space, dies at the age of 61 on July 23rd.
• The popular iOS photo filter application Instagram releases a version for the Android operating system.
• Facebook goes public and its initial stock offering was at thirty-eight dollars per share, the current price is $55.06 (Jan. 28, 2014). Initial investors were worried about the social media website's ability to make money and approached with caution, this forced Facebook to think of creative ways to monetize the company.
• Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, dies at the age of eighty-two on August 5th.

2012 Pop Culture

• Musicians like Rihanna, Adele, Bruno Mars, Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Taylor Swift top the charts and win awards.
• Television shows like Homeland, The Voice, NCIS, Revolution, and Elementary are widely watched and discussed.
• Popular movies released in 2012 include The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hobbit, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hunger Games, and Lincoln.
• Whitney Houston, widely recognized as one of the greatest voices in history, dies in the bathtub of a hotel at the age of forty-eight after drowning due to a drug overdose on February 11th. 

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History Event In Crisfield

From The County Times, Crisfield

Gravesite of Crisfield’s early settlers to be stabilized, public invited to hear lectures on local history



Joe Paden and UMES students in 2016 worked to restore the Nelson Homestead family cemetery off Cash Corner Road. On Saturday, March 25, they will be back stabilizing another small cemetery, this time on Calvary Road. The public is especially invited for the talks about local Native American history, genealogy and lore which begin at 10 a.m. The program is free, but donations will be accepted.

CRISFIELD — On Saturday, March 25, Joe Paden of the historic preservation group and tour guide outfitter, The Crisfield Story Project, will be leading a cemetery restoration of “Nelson’s Plot” located at 3075 Calvary Road in Crisfield. The restoration will be carried out by volunteers consisting of students and staff from the UMES Office of University Engagement and Lifelong Learning.

The Nelson Plot is the family cemetery of John Nelson, son of Revolutionary War Veteran, Thomas King Nelson, and grandson of Sacker Nelson who was kidnapped during that war to pilot the British fleet up the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Paden will be sharing stories of this and other families throughout the day.

At 10 a.m., Native American expert, Norris Howard, chief of the Pocomoke Indian Nation will be giving a lecture and presentation on Native American life in the area. He will be followed by historian and genealogist Philip Goldsborough who will be covering the colonization of the Eastern Shore along with other interesting episodes in our history. Genealogist Linda Paden will also be present to answer questions pertaining to the histories of local families.

TIME MACHINE: The Coastal Storms of 1962 & 1933.

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This month marks the 55th anniversary of the disastrous northeaster that devastated the Eastern Shore coast in early March, 1962.  This storm and the August, 1933 hurricane that created the Ocean City inlet were two of the most infamous storms affecting the Eastern Shore in the twentieth century.

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1962

August, 1962

The Baltimore Sun

April, 1962

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