On May 15, 1800, the first stone was laid for the first St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, which faced south from the north side of East Second Street. It is thought that the main entrance was in what would be the middle of present day Maxwell Avenue. On May 15, 1852, Louisa Catherine Johnson, niece of Governor Thomas Johnson and widow of President John Quincy Adams, died at age 77. On May 15, 1895, William D. Byron, who would become a congressman from Maryland's Sixth District, and who would be the husband, father and father-in-law of his successors in that post, was born in Danville, VA. He died in a plane crash near Atlanta on February 27, 1941. On May 15, 1909, The Maryland State Tuberculosis Sanitorium at Sabillasville was dedicated. On May 15, 1972, Katherine Roberta Grimes, of 103 East Church Street, Frederick, a first year teacher at Frederick High School, was killed when struck by a runaway car on the sidewalk in the first block of West Church Street. Arnold F. Nailey, 59, of the Betsy Ross Trailer Park, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving. 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)