On June 15, 1775, Thomas Johnson, who was from Frederick and who would become the first governor of Maryland, nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. On June 15, 1863, an Emmitsburg fire, which began in Beam and Guthrie's livery stable, destroyed many houses in the center of town. On June 15, 1995, John V. Atanasoff, who is credited with the invention of the computer, died of a stroke in Frederick. He was born October 4, 1903, in Hamilton, N. Y., and lived the last three decades of his life on a farm near New Market. He was buried in Mount Airy MD. On June 15, 2007, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, of the Supreme Court of The United States, spoke in Frederick on behalf of the effort of The Historical Society of Frederick County to restore and maintain the home of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney on South Bentz Street. 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]