On December 23, 1823, John McPherson, Jr, the son of the man who built both the Ross and Mathias homes on Council Street in Frederick, married Fanny Johnson, the granddaughter of Thomas Johnson, Maryland's first governor. He was the manager of Branch Bank, and owner and operator of the Catoctin Furnace property. On December 23, 1861, Pvt. John Lanahan, of Company I, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was hanged at Fairview, just west of Frederick, for the murder of Major Arnold C. Lewis at a Darnestown encampment. On December 23, 1926, The Tivoli Theater opened. It later became the first commercial building in Frederick to be air-cooled. It was operated at that time by The Stanley Cramer Company. It is now known as The Weinberg Center For The Arts. On December 23, 1950, Henry K. C. Fox, who assumed ownership of Fox's Stove Store in the first block of East Patrick Street in Frederick from his father, Ernst A. C. Fox, died of a coronary occlusion. He was born December 18, 1875. On December 23, 2005, The Frederick News-Post carried the news that Anna Johnson-Winegar, of Frederick, had been selected as chairman-elect of the American Cancer Society's National Board of Directors. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>