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1964, April 7 Public accommodations law enacted

1964, Aug 16 Capital Beltway (I-495) opened, encircling Washington, DC, by passing
through Maryland's Prince George's and Montgomery counties,
and Virginia

1967, June 21 Opening of Columbia, a planned community incorporating one-tenth of
the land area of Howard County

1967, July 25 Cambridge nots

1967, Sept 12-1968, Jan 10 Constitutional Convention of 1967-1968

1968, May 14 Proposed State Constitution rejected by voters

1969, Oct 5 Maryland Public Television first broadcast from Owings Mills
(Channel 67)

1970, Spring Student rebellion at University of Maryland College Park

1972, Nov 7 First general election in Maryland where lowering of voting age to
18 years of age or older applied

1973 Second parallel Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened

1973 Urban "homesteading" begun in Baltimore. City sold abandoned houses
for $1 each to encourage renovation.

1974, Nov 5 Both houses of General Assembly elected, for the first time, on the basis
of equal representation by population

1975, May Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant began operation in Calvert County
1976 Maryland Science Center opened in Baltimore

1976 Washington Metro, rapid transit system for national capital area, opened
to link stations in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia

1980 Maryland and Virginia established Chesapeake Bay Commission to
coordinate interstate legislative planning and programs to restore
Bay resources

1980, July 2 Harborplace, a 3-acre center of restaurants and shops, opened in

Baltimore City, signaling revitalization of the City's Inner Harbor

1981 National Aquanum opened in Baltimore

1983, Dec 9 Chesapeake Bay Agreement to improve water quality and living resources
of Bay signed by Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, District of
Columbia, Chesapeake Bay Commission, and U S Environmental
Protection Agency

1985 Pennsylvania joined Chesapeake Bay Commission

1985, Nov 24 Fort McHenry Tunnel opened

1987, Dec 14 Chesapeake Bay Agreement to restore and protect Bay signed by
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, District of Columbia,
Chesapeake Bay Commission, and U S Environmental Protection
Agency

1992, April 6 Orioles Park at Camden Yards, a stadium for the Baltimore

Orioles baseball team, opened in downtown Baltimore City

1992, May 18 Central Corridor Light Rail Line opened through Baltimore City

1993, Sept 10 Chesapeake Bay Partnership Agreement, to reduce pollution in Bay's
tributaries by the year 2000, signed by Governor, Maryland's 23
counties, and Baltimore City

1995, May 31 Baltimore Metro extension opened from Charles Center to Johns Hopkins
Hospital