On November 9, 1778, Thomas Johnson began his third one-year term as Maryland Governor. On November 9, 1819, Thomas Sim Lee, second governor of Maryland, died at Needwood near Petersville. He was born October 29, 1745. On November 9, 1925, the bylaws of The Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter of The Sons of The American Revolution, located in Frederick, were adopted. On November 9, 1931, Walker N. Jolliffe, the pioneer real estate entrepreneur who developed Rockwell Terrace in Frederick, died at the Maryland State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Sabillasville. He was an active Rotarian and member of Calvary Methodist Church. On November 9, 1931, David M. Denton, who would become the superintendent of The Maryland School for The Deaf in 1967, was born in Robbinsville, NC. In November 2004, he published his first book - Listening to Deafness: An Old Song Sung Differently, the story of his life, his loves and his journey to fulfill his calling to aid the deaf. On November 9, 1945, Margaret Minerva Robinson, the first principal and first teacher at Girls High School in Frederick in 1889, died at the Home for The Aged on Record Street, now the Record Street Home. She was born March 24, 1857. 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]