On November 1, 1765, The Stamp Act, passed in March by the British Parliament imposing taxes on all legal documents, went into effect in America. On November 1, 1913, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, a former presidential candidate, was the principal speaker at a banquet at The New City Hotel on West Patrick Street in Frederick. On November 1, 1967, the sale of WFMD-AM and FM by Mrs. Evelyn C. Leonard to Jim Gibbons, a Washington radio and television personality, was completed. On November 1, 1977, Ronald N. Young was re-elected mayor of Frederick. Claude R. Delauter, Jr., was re-elected alderman and became president pro-tempore of the board. In 1973, Delauter became the first African-American elected to the board, and thus, in January 1978, became the first of his race to be president pro-tem. On November 1, 1991, state officials announced that restoration work on The Catoctin Furnace Ironworks at Cunningham Falls State Park had been completed. 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)