On December 8, 1855, the present twin-towered Evangelical Lutheran Church in the first block of East Church Street in Frederick was dedicated. On December 8, 1855, Thomas H. Haller, son of the publisher of The Examiner, and a prominent local businessman and founder of the Union Manufacturing Company, was born. He died October 21, 1935. On December 8, 1992, Cindy Gibson, a 17-year-old junior at Brunswick High School, revealed that she had AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). She died June 4, 1994, just three days before she would have graduated. She contracted the disease through a blood transfusion. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net