Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is a sister city of these municipalities:. None (the Raider organization does not retire the jersey numbers of former players). See:Baltimore City Public School System. They did this by issuing "personal seating licenses", without which fans cannot buy tickets to the games. List of Baltimore neighborhoods. In this lawsuit, the Raiders agreed that they would sell out all of their home games, in exchange for the city helping to renovate their stadium. Out of the total population, 30.6% of those under the age of 18 and 18.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Their most recent legal battle is with the city of Oakland.

22.9% of the population and 18.8% of families are below the poverty line. After moving back to Oakland, they were sued by the NFL for losing the Los Angeles television market, the second largest in the United States. The per capita income for the city is $16,978. The Raiders sued the city of Los Angeles over the fact that the city backed out of a stadium deal for the team. Males have a median income of $31,767 versus $26,832 for females. Also, they were the only team that was not a defendant in the USFL's ultimately unsuccessful antitrust suit against the NFL; Davis was a witness for the USFL in that action. The median income for a household in the city is $30,078, and the median income for a family is $35,438. They have been involved in several lawsuits, most famously with the cities of Los Angeles and Oakland, as well as the NFL.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males. The Raiders are the most litigious team in the NFL. For every 100 females there are 87.4 males. In the 2004-2005 season, their first season under Turner, the Raiders continued to suffer on the field, posting their second consecutive losing record (5-11), heavy laden with turnovers and injuries. The median age is 35 years. After the end of the 2003 regular season, Callahan was fired, and ultimately replaced by current head coach Norv Turner. In the city the population is spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who are 65 years of age or older. In fact, in a press conference at the end of one game, then-coach Bill Callahan berated both his players and the media for the team's poor performance that season.

The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 3.16. They finished with a losing record of 4-12, tied with three other teams for the worst record in the NFL, and the worst record ever for a team who were Super Bowl contenders one season previously. 34.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The 2003 season was a 180-degree turnaround for the Raiders. There are 257,996 households out of which 25.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.7% are married couples living together, 25.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% are non-families. Gannon was named MVP of the league, and the Raiders made their fifth Super Bowl appearance following the season, only to lose to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 1.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The Raiders finished the 2002 season with an 11-5 record and clinched the top seed in the playoffs.

The racial makeup of the city is 31.63% White, 64.34% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. They finished 10-6, but lost their divisional playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the controversial "tuck" game, in which an apparent fumble by the Patriots (that was recovered by the Raiders) was reviewed and determined to be an incomplete pass. There are 300,477 housing units at an average density of 1,435.8/km² (3,718.6/mi²). The Raiders acquired all-time leading receiver Jerry Rice prior to the 2001 season. The population density is 3,111.5/km² (8,058.4/mi²). By 2000, the Raiders began to reclaim their position among the NFL's greatest teams, highlighted by the emergence of veteran quarterback Rich Gannon as one of the best all-around quarterbacks in Raiders history. As of the census² of 2000, there are 651,154 people, 257,996 households, and 147,057 families residing in the city. After the following season, the Raiders moved back to Oakland.

in every census up to the 1980 census. This period was marked by the career-ending injury of Bo Jackson in 1990, the failure of troubled quarterback Todd Marinovich, and the departure of Marcus Allen in 1993. S. This also marked a somewhat down period in Raider franchise history, both on the field and, more importantly, off the field. It was among the top 10 cities in population in the U. Al Davis's perceived infatuation with Jackson caused a major rift between Davis and star running back Marcus Allen, who eventually left to play for the Kansas City Chiefs. In the 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses of the United States of America, Baltimore was the second largest city in population. In 1987, the Raiders drafted dual-sport athlete Bo Jackson after he originally decided to not play professional football in 1986 (when drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round).

The major highways serving the city are I-695 (the Baltimore Beltway), I-95, I-83 and I-70 (its eastern terminus is just beyond the city limits). This was momentous as it made Shell the first ever African American Head Coach in the history of the NFL. Additionally, MARC commuter rail connects Washington, DC's Union Station with the city's two rail stations, Camden Station and Penn Station. Shell held that position until 1988 when he was made the team's Head Coach. Baltimore City has many bus routes, and a light rail and a subway system. Also that year Al Davis hired future hall of famer Art Shell to coach the Offensive Line. Public transit in Baltimore City is provided by the Maryland Transit Administration. In 1982, the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles, California to play their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; they won the championship the following year.

The city has a humid subtropical climate, moderated by the warming influence of the bay and nearby ocean, with hot summers, cool winters, and moderate precipitation. In spite of his success, Madden left coaching in 1979 to pursue a career as a television football commentator. The total area is 12.240% water. In 1969, John Madden became the team's head coach, and during the 1970s he helped start the Raiders' ascent towards their current status as one of the most successful franchises in NFL history, starting with their 1977 Super Bowl XI win over the Minnesota Vikings. 209.3 km² (80.8 mi²) of it is land and 29.2 km² (11.3 mi²) of it is water. In 1970, the AFL-NFL merger took place, and the Raiders joined the West Division of the American Football Conference in the newly merged National Football League. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 238.5 km² (92.1 mi²). The Raiders appeared in Super Bowl II (the first of five Super Bowls) in 1968 but lost to the NFL champion Green Bay Packers.

Baltimore is in the north central part of the state of Maryland, on the Patapsco River, not far from the Chesapeake Bay. It is on the western edge of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, with low hills rising in the western part of the city. In 1966, Davis became Commissioner of the AFL and is considered a driving force in raising the AFL to competitive levels that forced the NFL to merge with the younger league. The headquarters of the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are located in Woodlawn, just outside the city limits. Clem Daniels, Billy Cannon, Hoot Gibson, Art Powell and Daryle Lamonica were among many great players to wear the "silver and black", to be joined in 1967 by AFL legend George Blanda at the start of his nine-year career with the Raiders. On November 2, 2004, Dixon won re-election in a two-way contest; Joan Floyd, a Green Party candidate, was the only challenger; the Republicans did not field a candidate. Four years later, the club captured the 1967 AFL Championship. Sheila Dixon is the current Council President. He reorganized the Raiders, and the team improved to a 10-4 won-loss record.

The Baltimore City Council is now made up of 14 single member districts and one elected at-large Council President. Al Davis, a former assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, was hired as head coach and general manager in 1963. A coalition of union and community groups, organized by ACORN, backed the effort. The team spent its first three seasons changing stadiums and losing more games than it won. Grassroots pressure for reform, voiced as Question P, restructured the City Council in November of 2002, against the will of the Mayor, the Council President, and the majority of the Council. The franchise is tied with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs for the most post-season games played as an AFL team, six. For a full list of mayors that served the city, see: List of Baltimore Mayors. Starting out as a poor franchise with a weak team playing in Frank Youell Field, towards the end of the 1960s it became an AFL powerhouse and one of professional football's most consistent teams.

His ambition to run for Governor of Maryland is well known. The Raiders' image was synonymous with the AFL's: brash and bold. Despite being a conservative Democrat in a city with a deep progressive history, O'Malley has maintained a high approval rating through both of his terms in office. The Oakland Raiders were a charter member of the American Football League in 1960. The current Mayor of Baltimore is Martin O'Malley. Football, Inc. For most governmental purposes under Maryland law, Baltimore City is treated as a "county"-level entity. Legally, the team is a limited partnership operated by Al Davis, who serves as President of the team's general partner, A.D.

Baltimore is an independent city; in other words, not part of any county. The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California. Water levels rose some 20 feet in areas, flooding underground parking garages and displacing thousands of cubic yards of trash and debris. Rod Woodson. Many places were flooded including the sports center ESPN Zone, the Baltimore World Trade Center (The World Trade Center remained closed for approximately a month during cleanup efforts) and most of the Inner Harbor. Jack Tatum. Also in 2003, Baltimore was affected by Hurricane Isabel from flooding as a result of tidal surge, affecting primarily the Fells Point community and the Inner Harbor and surrounding low areas. Ken Stabler.

The City of Baltimore hopes to have it finished and opened by 2005 or 2006. Otis Sistrunk. The hotel is expected to be built near the Baltimore Convention Center. Jerry Rice. In 2003, the Baltimore Development Corporation announced that three hotel projects were being reviewed. Jim Plunkett. Three weeks later, manhole covers flew into the air as underground explosions along West Pratt Street followed due to residual explosive chemicals from the fire left in the sewers. Art Powell.

The derailment sparked a chemical fire that raged for six days and virtually shut down the downtown area until the heat caused a water main to rupture, largely extinguishing the fire but also causing significant flooding in the streets above. Babe Parilli. A 60-car train derailment occurred in a tunnel in Baltimore on July 18, 2001. John Matuszak. The concept has been highly successful, and numerous other American municipalities have since implemented the practice. Daryle Lamonica. On October 2, 1996, Baltimore became the first city in the United States to adopt 311 as a non-emergency "hot line" telephone number, in order to reserve the use of 911 for genuine emergencies. Sean Jones.

In 1992, the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball moved downtown to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and six years later the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League moved next door into the newly renamed M&T Bank Stadium, formerly known as PSINet Stadium until PSINet went bankrupt. Bo Jackson (also played Major League Baseball). In 1979 the Baltimore Convention Center was opened and was subsequently renovated and expanded in 1996. Harborplace, a modern urban retail and restaurant complex, was opened on the waterfront in 1980, followed by the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland's largest tourist destination, in 1981. Lester Hayes. In recent years, efforts to redevelop the downtown area have led to a revitalization of the Inner Harbor. Wayne Hawkins. Many movies such as Hairspray, scenes from 12 monkeys and the film Hardball were filmed there, in fact many scenes from the 1972 cult classic film Pink Flamingos were shot in the city's Waverly section (the film was made by John Waters, a Baltimore native). Additionally, television shows such as NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" and HBO's "The Wire" have also been filmed in the city. Ray Guy.

Baltimore has become a prime city for filming movies and television. Dave Grayson. The buildings were eventually demolished in 2001. Hoot Gibson. In 1955 Flag House Courts, public housing project made up of 3 12-story buildings was built. Tom Flores. Baltimore is also the location of Pimlico Race Course, the home of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The Preakness has been run since 1873. Clem Daniels.

Baltimore is the location of the Baltimore World Trade Center, the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building (the five-sided JPMorganChase Tower in Houston, Texas is taller, but has unequal sides). Todd Christensen. The Great Baltimore Fire on February 7, 1904 destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-League as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969). After the riot, Union troops occupied Baltimore and Maryland came under direct federal administration — in part, to prevent the state from seceding — until the end of the war in April 1865. Tim Brown. Pro-Southern sentiment led to the Baltimore riot of 1861 when Union soldiers marched through the city. Cliff Branch.

Many, if not most, people in Baltimore at the time were sympathetic to the Confederacy. Lyle Alzado. During the Civil War, Maryland was officially part of the Union but kept slavery legal. Marcus Allen. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time. Jerry Porter. The city is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Ted Washington.

Baltimore's harbor is the location of Fort McHenry, which came under attack by British forces in the War of 1812 and whose defense inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," which furnishes the lyrics to the United States national anthem. Charles Woodson. The relatively shorter distance between Baltimore and the Caribbean colonies allowed swift transport and minimized the spoilage of flour. Warren Sapp. The profit from sugar encouraged the maximum possible cultivation of cane and the importation of food. Randy Moss. Baltimore grew swiftly in the mid-late 18th century as the granary for sugar producing colonies in the Caribbean. LaMont Jordan.

During the 17th century, various towns called "Baltimore" were founded as commercial ports at various locations on the upper Chesapeake Bay. The present city dates from July 30, 1729 and is named after Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore who was the first Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. Rich Gannon. Because there is also a Baltimore County adjacent to (but not including) the city, it is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City when a clear distinction is desired. Robert Gallery. The city is a major part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and a major U.S.seaport. Kerry Collins. It is the largest city in Maryland, named after the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony, Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Gene Upshaw (1987) - 1967-1981.

As of July 1, 2002, the population is 638,614, and the population of the Baltimore-Washington Metroplex as of 2000 is 7.6 million, up from 6.7 million in 1990. Art Shell (1989) - 1968-1982. state of Maryland. Jim Otto (1980) - 1960-1974. Baltimore is an independent city located in the U.S. Ron Mix (1979) - 1971. Frank Zappa. Ronnie Lott (2000) - 1991-1992.

Montel Williams. Howie Long (2000) - 1981-1993. John Waters. James Lofton (2003) - 1987-1988. Johnny Unitas. Ted Hendricks (1990) - 1975-1983. Anne Tyler. Mike Haynes (1997) - 1983-1989.

Anne Truitt. Eric Dickerson (1999) - 1992. Tupac Shakur. Al Davis (1992) - 1963-1965, 1966-Present. Pam Shriver. Dave Casper (2002) - 1974-1980, 1984. Babe Ruth. Willie Brown (1984) - 1967-1978.

Cal Ripken, Jr. Bob Brown (2004) - 1971-1973. Adrienne Rich. George Blanda (1981) - 1967-1975. Edgar Allan Poe. Fred Biletnikoff (1988) - 1965-1978. Jada Pinkett-Smith. Marcus Allen (2003) - 1982-1992.

Michael Phelps. Nancy Pelosi. Jim Palmer. Ric Ocasek.

Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson. Kweisi Mfume. Mencken. H.L.

Jim McKay. Thurgood Marshall. Laura Lippman. Barry Levinson.

Francis Scott Key. William Henry Cardinal Keeler. Johns Hopkins. Billie Holiday.

David Hasselhoff. Dorothy Hamill. Philip Glass. Johnny Gill.

Drew. Charles R. Elijah Cummings. Ben Carson.

Cab Calloway. David Byrne. Charles Joseph Bonaparte. Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues.

Eubie Blake. Carmelo Anthony. Baltimore Thunder - (National Lacrosse League) - moved to Pittsburgh, then D.C.; now Colorado. Baltimore Skipjacks - (American Hockey League, Eastern Hockey League, Southern Hockey League).

Baltimore Clippers - (American Hockey League). Baltimore Bandits - (American Hockey League). Baltimore Blades - (World Hockey Association ). Baltimore Bays - (North American Soccer League).

Baltimore Bayrunners - (International Basketball League). Baltimore Claws - (American Basketball Association). Baltimore Bullets - (National Basketball Association). Baltimore Colts - (National Football League).

Baltimore Stars - (United States Football League). Baltimore Stallions - (Canadian Football League ). 2005-2006 ABA Expansion Team. Baltimore Blast - (Major Indoor Soccer League).

Baltimore Bayhawks (Major League Lacrosse). Baltimore Ravens (National Football League). Baltimore Orioles (Major League Baseball). Westminster Hall and Burying Ground.

Walters Art Museum. USS Constellation. Star Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum. Pimlico Race Course.

National Museum of Dentistry. National Aquarium in Baltimore. Maryland Science Center. Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame Museum.

Harborplace. Fort McHenry National Monument. Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. Dime Museum.

B&O Railroad Museum. Blacks In Wax Museum. Baltimore Maritime Museum. Baltimore Museum of Industry.

Baltimore Museum of Art. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption. Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. American Visionary Art Museum.

Ashkelon, Israel. Xiamen, China. Pireaus, Greece. Odessa, Ukraine.

Alexandria, Egypt. Luxor, Egypt. Kawasaki, Japan. Genoa, Italy.

Gbarnga, Liberia. Enoch Pratt Free Library. University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). University of Baltimore (UB).

Morgan State University. Coppin State University. Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). Sojourner-Douglass College.

Peabody Institute. Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Loyola College in Maryland. Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Baltimore International College (BIC). Baltimore Hebrew University. Martin State Airport - (general aviation), located in Baltimore County.

Baltimore-Washington International Airport - Located in neighboring Anne Arundel County.