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 by The Stanley Cramer Company and 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. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)