On October 15, 1796, Richard Potts of Frederick was reappointed as chief judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Maryland after resigning from the United States Senate. He had been appointed to the Senate, succeeding Charles Carroll of Carrollton On October 15, 1841, Dr. John Tyler, who built both what was from 1914 to 2010 the rectory of All Saints Episcopal Church and The Spite House, and who performed the first cataract operation in America, died. He was born in Prince George's County June 29, 1763. On October 15, 1870, The Rev. William Nelson Pendleton, the former rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick and a former Confederate general, conducted funeral services for Gen. Robert E. Lee in the newly constructed chapel of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. On October 15, 1883, The News, published by William T. Delaplaine, Sr., was printed for the first time. On October 15, 1886, enforcement of a Frederick City ordinance designed to protect the public health began. Among its provisions was a requirement that owners of existing hog pens and slaughter houses, and all those who intended to construct such facilities, had to obtain a permit. The ordinance was adopted on October 4, 1886. On October 15, 1891, the Rev. George Diehl, who served as pastor of The Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick from 1851 to 1887, died. On October 15, 1896, the monument to correspondents of The Civil War was dedicated at Crampton's Gap near Burkittsville. On October 15, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped at The Square Corner in downtown Frederick - while on a trip west - to receive a copy of the 50th anniversary edition of The News. That newspaper contained a congratulatory letter from Roosevelt to The News. On October 15, 1963, Elzbieta K. Adamska, a native of Poland, became the first women attorney to practice regularly in Frederick County. On October 15, 2011, the restored Catoctin Aqueduct was dedicated on the historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath in ceremonies near Jefferson. 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]