On July 7, 1833, Margaret Elizabeth Scholl, who married James M. Hood, was born at Manchester Farm on New Design Road near Frederick. She died January 13, 1913, in Baltimore, just before the name of The Women's College of Frederick was officially changed to Hood College in her honor. On July 7, 1864, a cannonball landed above the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church on West Second Street in Frederick as Confederate and Union forces exchanged fire. On July 7, 1886, the Frederick Board of County Commissioners organized themselves as The Frederick County Board of Health, under the authority of a law passed by the state legislature on March 18, 1886. It was the first Board of Health in the State of Maryland. On July 7, 1972, the track and field trials for the United States women for the 1972 Olympic Games began at Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick. On July 7, 1975, Potomac Edison Electric Company cut power to The Francis Scott Key Hotel for non-payment of a bill. 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 [email protected]