NEWS: 2021 (July through December)

Crews continue working at the site of the semi-collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, although work was suspended for a good part of the day when there were problems detercted with parts of the building that were still standing, as well as the pile of rubble itself.  Confirmed deaths are 18, with nearly 150 still missing.

Transair Flight 810, a Boeing 737 cargo flight from Honolulu to Kahului, Hawaii, crash-lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. The two pilots are injured.

A massive fire breaks out at an undersea gas pipeline which connects to the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field, off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. The fire takes five hours to contain. Mexican state-run oil company Pemex, who is in charge of the oil field's operations, orders an investigation into the cause of the fire.

Indigenous  protesters tear down the Statue of Queen Victoria in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as protests grow over the mass graves of indigenous children discovered at former Canadian Indian residential schools. A smaller statue of Queen Elizabeth II  was also toppled nearby.

The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization confirms that a record high temperature of 64.9 °F has been recorded in Antarctica at the Esperanza Base.

Two tornadoes occur in the evening in Washington, D.C, one entirely within D.C. and the other with a path from Arlington, VA, into D.C. Damage consists of uprooted trees, snapped tree limbs, siding peeled from homes, and downed power lines. There were no deaths or injuries reported. One of the tornadoes lifts up a portion of temporary fencing that was placed around the Mall in Washington, D.C., in preparation for the Fourth of July concert and fireworks. The fencing then falls into a heaped pile.

The Baltimore region has on-and-off rain showers and thunderstorms from mid-morning through evening, with some thunderstorms having heavy rain and gusty winds, especially in the afternoon and evening. Annapolis records a 66-mph wind gust. BWI Marshall Airport receives 1.34 inches of rain, Washington, D.C. gets 1.29 inches of rain, Annapolis gets 1.97 inches of rain, and Nottingham receives 1.20 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles have the day off.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then a mid-afternoon heavy thunderstorm, then rain showers, High temp.: 87 F, Low temp.: 71 F, Precipitation: 1.34 inches.

Elsa becomes the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. It passes over the Caribbean island of Barbados with 85-mph wind gusts, causing considerable damage. Long-term predictions are for Elsa to hit Florida on July 6 and/or July 7 with 65-mph winds.

Crews continue sifting through the rubble of the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida. The confirmed number of deaths rises to 22 as more bodies are found.

A decision is made to destroy the remaining part of the condominium building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida. Demolition will occur soon. Large tarps are being placed over the rubble from the collapsed building so that any debris that falls on them from the demolition will be separated from the debris of the collapse.

A condominium building in North Miami Beach, Florida, is deemed unsafe, and about 300 residents are told to evacuate the building. This building is about 7 miles from the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida.

The Baltimore region has rain showers in the morning, followed by cloudy to partly cloudy conditions. BWI Marshall Airport receives 0.03 of an inch of rain, Annapolis gets 0.12 of an inch, while Perry Hall and Nottingham get 0.05 of an inch.

The Orioles lose to the Angels in Anaheim, California, 8-7. The Orioles had been ahead 6-2.

Baltimore weather: Light rain showers in the morning, then cloudy, then clearing, High temp.: 84 F, Low temp.: 65 F, Precipitation: 0.03 inch.

Hurricane Elsa lessens to tropical-storm intensity (70-mph winds) as it passes near Hispaniola and Cuba. It is on course to hit Florida in about two days.

Demolition specialists begin to drill holes for explosives in the standing portion of the partially collapsed condminium building in Surfside, Florida. Search efforts in the rubble of the collapsed portion of the building are halted at about 4:00 pm Eastern time so that engineers can secure the site and prepare for the demolition.

At 12:49 AM Eastern time, a mudslide triggered by heavy rain barrels through Atami, Japan. There is extensive damage to buildings, and some people are misisng.

The Baltimore area has partly cloudy skies with intermittent rain showers in some areas. In the afternoon, some areas east and northeast of Baltimore (Perry Hall, Nottingham, Rosedale) get rain showers. In the early evening, an area from Baltimore southward into Anne Arundel county (including Annapolis) gets showers. Later in the evening, much of the western Baltimore region (much of Carroll and Howard counties, western Baltimore County) get rain showers. Baltimore's high temperature is 80 degrees F and its low temperature is 59 degrees F.  BWI Marshall Airport gets 0.06 of an inch of rain, Annapolis receives 0.14 of an inch, and Perry Hall and Nottingham get 0.11 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Angels, 4-1.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then light rain in the evening, High temp.:80 F, Low temp.: 59 F, Precipitation: 0.06 inch.

In Ocean City, Maryland, a substantial portion of the fireworks intended for the downtown Fourth of July fireworks show in the evening ignites prematurely on the beach in the afternoon, injuring one worker who was setting them up. The sudden explosion of fireworks frightens some people on the beach and on the boardwalk. The accident causes the cancellation of the evening Fourth of July fireworks shows both in downtown Ocean City and in uptown Northside Park.  A portion of the Ocean City beach and a portion of the boardwalk are closed for an investigation into the accident.

There is no fireworks show at the Baltimore Inner Harbor, but Catonsville, Columbia, Bel Air, and Annapolis have public fireworks displays in the evening.

Demolition specialists finish the drilling of holes for explosives and the placing of explosives in the standing portion of the partially collapsed condominium building in Surfside, Florida. 

The standing portion of the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, is demolished in a controlled demolition just after 10:30 pm Eastern Time. The demolition work is done by Controlled Demolition, Inc. of Phoenix (in Baltimore County), Maryland.

Columbus Blue Jackets hockey goalie Matiss Kivlenieks, age 26, is killed when a mortar-style firework explodes next to him. He was in a hot tub in the yard of a private home in Novi, Michigan, when he was hit with the blast from the firework. He died of percussive injuries to his internal organs. He was born on August 26, 1996, in Riga, Latvia.

While attempting to land at Jolo Airport in the Philippines, a Philippine Air Force transport plane (Lockheed C-130H Hercules) overruns the runway, strikes two houses and bursts into flames, coming to rest on a coconut plantation.The accident kills 50 of the 96 people on the plane as well as 3 people on the ground.

As of 8:00 PM Eastern time, Tropical Storm Elsa is just south of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Its projected parth will take it to the Gulf of Mexico west of Florida on July 6th and 7th, then across northern Florida and along the southeasern U.S. Atlantic coast.

The Angels score two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Orioles, 6-5. The Orioles are 27-57 this season.

Baltimore weather: Clear to partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp.: 84 F, Low temp.: 61 F, Precipitation: None.

Search and rescue efforts resume at the site of the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, after the demolition of the still-standing portion.  The number of confirmed deaths from the collapse rises to 28, with more than 110 people still missing.

Tropical Storm Elsa crosses western Cuba and heads toward the Florida Keys. Its outer rain bands and gusty winds afftect the Florida Keys and southern mailnland Florida. Its maxium sustained winds are 60 mph.

The Orioles have the day off.

Baltimore weather: Sunny, then mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy, High temp.: 91 F, Low temp.: 64 F, Precipitation: None.

A passenger plane crashes into a cliff in Palana, Russia, while trying to land in inclement weather. All 28 people on board are killed.

The confirmed number of deaths from the partial condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, rises to 32 as crews continue to remove and sift through the debris. About 110 people are still missing.

Tropical Storm Elsa moves into the eastern Gulf of Mexico near southern mainland Florida after hitting the Florida Keys with strong winds and heavy rain. As of 8:00 PM Eastern Time, Elsa has restrengthened into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. It is southwest of Tampa, Florida, moving northward at 14 mph. Its forecasted path takes it across northern Florida and then up the southeastern U.S. coast as a tropical storm or depression, eventually possibly crossing the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and moving very close to Ocean City, MD, by the morning of Friday, July 9.

The Orioles defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in Baltimore, 7-5.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, High temp.: 96 F, Low temp.: 71 F, Precipitation: None.

The number of confirmed deaths in the condo building partial collapse in Sufside, Florida, rises to 54. It's announced that as of this coming midnight, the mission will change from search-and-rescue to seach and recovery only.

Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated at age 53 by a group of gunmen at his home. His wife is shot and wounded, and is airlifted to Miami, Florida, for treatment.

Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall along the northern Florida gulf coast, then moves inland over Florida and then into southeastern Georgia, where it is centered as of 8:00 PM with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The forecasted track of the storm is along the U.S. East Coast, first inland and then just off the coast, perhaps hitting Cape Cod, Massachusetts, around 2:00 PM Friday, July 9.

The Baltimore region begins the day partly cloudy and humid, and it becomes hot. Then some parts of the Baltimore area get afternoon thunderstorms, some of them with briefly heavy rain. A cluster of thunderstorms develops north of Washington, D.C., and then moves northeast, striking northwestern Anne Arundel County including BWI Marshall Airport, eastern Howard County including Elkridge, and continuing northeastward through much of Baltimore (city) and then into the close-in northern and northeastern Baltimore suburbs (Towson, Parkville, Nottingham, Perry Hall) before dissipating. Nottingham gets 0.13 of an inch of rain. BWI Marshall Airport gets 0.06 of an inch of rain and a 40-mph wind gust during its thunderstorm. During the storm at BWI Marshall Airport, the temperature drops from 96 segrees F to 75 degrees F within an hour, then rebounds to 89 degrees F two hours later. Baltimore's high temperature is 96 degrees F and its low temperature is 75 degrees F.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Orioles in Baltimore, 10-2. The Orioles are 28-58 this season.

In NHL hockey, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup. They win the Stanley Cup Finals series, 4 games to 1.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then cloudy, then a late-afternoon thundershower, High temp.: 96 F, Low temp.: 75 F, Precipitation: 0.06 inch.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 64.

Tropical Storm Elsa moves across South Carolina and North Carolina, then into southeastern Virginia. As of 8:00 PM Eastern time, it is centered in southeastern Virginia with 50-mph maximum sustained winds and moving northeast at 21 mph.

At least 52 people die in a fire in a 5-story food and beverage factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Many of the people who died had been unable to escape because a door was illegally locked.

The Baltimore region has a humid day, but not quite as hot as the immediately previous two days. In the afternoon, there are scattered showers and thunderstorms with some brief heavy downpours. BWI Marshall Airport gets 0.29 inches of rain between 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM, and also a wind gust to 38 mph.  In the evening, light rain from the northern fringe of Tropical Storm Elsa begins impacting the Baltimore area, especially the area along I-95 and south and east of there. BWI Marshall Airport receives a total of 0.34 of an inch of rain for the day. Annapolis gets 0.05 of an inch of rain, while Perry Hall gets 0.02 of an inch.

The Orioles' game against the Blue Jays is postponed in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then a mid-afternoon thunderstorm (wind gust of 38 mph), then cloudy, then evening light rain, High temp.: 90 F, Low temp.: 73 F, Precipitation: 0.34 inch.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 79. A cat that lived on the 9th floor of the 12-story building and was found near the rubble alive, is reunited with surving members of its (human) family.

Tropical Storm Elsa moves from the Delmarva Peninsula to off the coast of Maine. Ocean City, Md., has heavy rain and a wind gust to 60 mph. Much of eastern and far southern Maryland get heavy rain, with 2 to 4 inches being common, and there is heavy rain farther north along the East Coast as well. There is flooding in New York, NY, and some other areas. Boston, Mass., gets strong winds and heavy rain. As of 8:00 PM Eastern time, Tropical Storm Elsa has impacted all or part of every Atlantic Coast U.S. state with heavy rain and strong winds. Elsa has traveled more than 6,000 miles since becoming a tropical storm.

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a 72-point executive order placing tighter regulations and scrutiny on major corporations in a variety of sectors, including Big Tech companies. Policies outlined include banning non-compete clauses, curbing the ability of manufacturers to restrict the right to repair certain products, granting the Federal Trade Commission the ability to set guidelines on data collection, banning unfair competition practices in online marketplaces, and ordering the Food and Drug Administration to work with states and Native American tribal governments on procuring cheaper medicines from Canada.

The high temperature in California's Death Valley reaches 130 degrees F, only four degrees F short of the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to teach history about Asian Americans in public schools.

An airplane carrying eight skydivers and the plane's pilot crashes in Örebro, Sweden, killing all nine people on board. It had just taken off from the Örebro airport when it crashes and catches fire.

More than 370 Palestinians are injured after Israeli security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting the presence of an illegal outpost near Beita in the occupied West Bank. 31 of those injured were hit with live ammunition. Dozens more are injured in similar confrontations in Kafr Qaddum, Beit Dajan, and Hebron, with demonstrators in Hebron protesting the presence of settlements in the Masafer Yatta area.

The Taliban captures the border town of Islam Qala, Herat, Afghanistan's biggest border crossing with Iran.

A spokesperson for Kandahar Province Governor Rohullah Khanzada says that the Taliban has captured the city of Kandahar.

A spokesman for the Taliban says that they now control "85% of the territory" as the Afghan government vows to retake all seized districts.

Taliban insurgents capture the border town of Torghundi on the border with Turkmenistan as the Afghan National Security Forces collapse in Herat. The Interior Ministry says that troops had been "temporarily relocated" and that efforts are underway to recapture the border crossing.

Lebanon's electricity utility Électricité du Liban shuts down two of its biggest power stations due to lack of fuel, reducing total electrical output by 40% and leaving much of the country without power.

The death toll from the July 3 landslide in Atami, Japan, increases to nine, as more bodies are found under the mud. Twenty-two people are still missing.

The Russian Federal Forestry Agency reports that 160 wildfires are currently burning an area covering 1,700 square miles in the Siberian republic of Sakha.

The Baltimore area has light showers in some spots during the early morning, then heavy afternoon thunderstorms in some sections, especially central and southern Anne Arundel County and northern Carroll County, in the afternoon and early evening. In the evening, there are showers, some of them heavy, in some spots from Baltimore northward. BWI Marshall Airport gets 0.02 of an inch of rain, Annapolis gets 0.59 of an inch of rain, and Nottingham gets 0.15 of an inch of rain.

The Chicago White Sox defeat the Orioles in Baltimore, 12-1. There is a light rain shower during the game, but play continues through the rain. The Orioles are 28-59 this season.

Baltimore weather: Light rain showers in the morning, then partly to mostly cloudy, High temp. 91 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.02 inch.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 86.

The Baltimore area has partly cloudy and somewhat cooler-than-normal temperatures.

Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins the Wimbledon women's tennis singles title, defeating Karolína Plíškova 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3.

The Orioles lose to the Chicago White Sox in Baltimore, 8-3. The Orioles are 28-60 this season. The attendance of 26,391 is the largest crowd to attend a home Orioles game so far this season.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 85 degrees F, Low temperature 68 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 90.

Billionaire Richard Branson, three of his employees, and two pilots make history by soaring into space aboard a supersonic space plane developed by Branson's company, Virgin Galactic. At the highest point of the flight, about 53 miles, there is several minutes of near-weightlessness. The SpaceShipTwo takes off from a runway near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, tethered to a "mother ship" -- a jet airplane with two cockpits and the space ship between them. At a certain height, SpaceShipTwo is untethered from the mother aircraft and its rocket engine ignites, sending the spaceship (rocket plane) and its six occupants into the edge of outer space. The occupants experience a force of up to 3 Gs (three times the force of Earth gravity) when the spaceship suddenly accelerates at the beginning of its independent flight. At the end of the flight, SpaceShipTwo lands safely on a runway. The mother aircraft also lands safely.

The Baltimore region is partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and a few locations have brief heavy afternoon rain. A heavy thunderstorm hits Catonsville, then travels north and northeast through Reisterstown, Lutherville, Timonium, Cockeysville, and Hunt Valley.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia wins the Wimbledon men's tennis singles title, defeating Matteo Berrettini, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.  It's his record-equaling 20th Grand Slam title.

The Orioles lose again to the Chicago White Sox, this time 7-5 in 10 innings. The Orioles are 28-61 this season as they and the other MLB teams head into the All-Star break.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, High temp. 90 degrees F, Low temperature 72 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 94.

The Baltimore area has a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy day, hot and humid, with showers and thunderstorms, some of them severe, in the evening. Thunderstorms wirh very heavy rain occur northeast of Baltimore from Perry Hall northeastward through Bel Air and beyond: essentially along Belair Road and vicinity. Showers and thunderstorms also occur in nearly all of Howard County, southern Carroll County, far northern Anne Arundel County, part of Baltimore (city), and far northern Baltimore County. But by far the Baltimore-area jurisdiction hardest-hti by the severe strorms is Harford County, where a northeastern section of the county is put under a flash-flood warning. Later in the evening, there are light rain showers at BWI Marshall Airport and in part of Baltimore (city). And then, in the late evening, there is heavy rain in northern Carroll County and northwestern Baltimore County.

The annual Home Run Derby is held in Denver, Colorado, where the All Star Game is scheduled to be played. In Round 1, Trey Mancini of the Orioles defeats Joey Gallo of the Texas Rangers, 24 home runs to 23. Trey Mancini also wins in the semifinals (second round) over Matt Olson of the Oakland Athletics, also by 24 home runs to 23., but then loses to Pete Alonso of the New York Mets in the final round, 23 home runs to 22. Pete Alonso wins the Home Run Derby for the second consecutive time (he won it in 2019, but it was not held in 2020), and becomes the fourth player to win as many as two Home Run Derbys.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy, then a light rain shower in the late evening, High temp. 96 degrees F, Low temperature 77 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 95.

A homicide suspect wanted for a murder in Baltimore in June 2021 is shot dead by U.S. Marshals after he opens fire at Security Square Mall in Windsor Mill/Woodlawn. The officers spot the suspect's car in the parking lot, and when the suspect gets out of the car, he begins to shoot at the officers, wounding two of them. Officers then shoot him and kill him.

At least 92 people are killed in a fire in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in Iraq.

Rioting and looting occur in South Africa in the wake of the arrest of President Jacob Zuma. Dozens of people are killed.

The Baltimore region has increasing cloudiness, and it gets hot and humid. There are isolated light rain showers, such as in northeastern Baltimore County.

In the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, at Coors Forld in Denver, Colorado, the American League defeats the National League, 5-2, for their 8th consecutive All-Star win. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays, who hit a home run in this game, is named the Most Valuable Player of this All Star Game.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 96 degrees F, Low temp. 76 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 96.

The number of people killed in South Africa in riots rises to 92 as rioting and looting continue.

About 100 wildfires are burning in the western U.S.

The Baltimore area has widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, including a storm that goes through central Anne Arundel County, including Annapolis, from west to east. Around 8:30 in the evening, a thunderstorm enters far northern Harford County from Pennsylvania. (There are strong thunderstorms in southern Maryland and northern Virginia.) Annapolis gets 0.39 of an inch of rain.

On this day, there are no professional sports being played in the U.S.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 96 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, rises to 97.

Severe floods in parts of Germany and Belgium, caused by several days of heavy rain, have killed several dozen people but hundreds are missing.

Jarrod Ramos is found by a jury to be criminally competent (sane) at the time he murdered 5 employees of the Capital Gazette newpaper in Annapolis, Maryland (on June 18, 2018). This means that he will probably spend the rest of his life in prison, but sentencing will occur in a few weeks.

Baltimore weather: Clear, becoming cloudy, cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The number of confirmed deaths in the partial collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, stays at 97 as recovery efforts near an end.

Flooding in parts of Germany and Belgium has killed at least 125 people, with several hundred people missing.

The Orioles return from the All-Star break and play a game at Kansas City, Missouri, against the Royals. The Royals defeat the Orioles 9-2.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temp. 98 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Baltimore area gets showers and strong thunderstorms in most places, especailly during the afternoon. A heavy thunderstorm first strikes Owings Mills and Reisterstown, moves over to Towson, then intensifies and produces very heavy rain over parts of Towson, Parkville, Nottingham, Perry Hall, and White Marsh. This storm continues to intensify and moves into Essex, Rosedale, Middle River, and Dundalk as well as east Baltimore. Essex and Middle River get hail up to golf-ball size. Nottingham gets 2.60 inches of rain, but some other areas north and east of Baltimore get up to 5 inches of rain. Some roads are flooded in the White Marsh area. Eastpoint Mall has interior flooding which forces the mall to close.

The number of confirmed deaths in the flooding in Germany and Belgium rises to at least 170.

A shooting just outside Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., causes some of the baseball fans in the stadium to start running for cover. Some of the attendees at the game hear three shots in quick succession. Police describe the shootings as a "shootout" between the occupants of two cars. The game in progress between the Nationals and the San Diego Padres is suspended.

The Orioles defeat the Kansas City Royals, 8-4.

Baltimore weather: Shallow fog in the morning, then variably cloudy with afternoon showers and a heavy thunderstorm, High temp. 97 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.30 inch.

The number of COVID-19 cases is rising once again in all 50 U.S. states, based on 7-day rolling averages. Also, hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID-19 are rising nationwide. Most of the current COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are of unvaccinated people.

American golfer Collin Morikawa wins The Open golf tournament in Sandwich, England. He wins this tournament on his first attempt, and in only the 8th major tournament competition overall of his career.

The Orioles defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-0.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then increasing cloudiness, High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. stock markets fall sharply as investors get concerned that the upswing in coronavirus cases worldwide may lead to another economic slowdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 725.81 points (2.09 percent), NASDAQ Composite drops 152.25 (1.06 percent) and the S & P 500 drops 68.67 points (1.59 percent).

The Baltimore area has a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy day. In the evening, there are rain showers in part of Harford County.

The Orioles defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in an away game, 6-1.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then increasing cloudiness, High temp. 91 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

At least 12 people are killed when floodwaters enter a subway train in Zhengzhou, China. Also, thousands of people in Henan, China, are evacuated in flooding caused by heavy rains. As much as a year's worth of rain falls in just four days in parts of central China.

Amazon.com founder/billionaire Jeff Bezos and three other people blast off in the spacecraft RSS First Step atop New Shepard rocket booster NS4 from a launch site in Van Horn in west Texas, and travel into space. The flight reaches of height of 65.8 miles above the Earth and lasts for 10 minutes and 18 seconds, during which time there are several minutes of weightlessness. The spacecraft then lands safely on land near the launch site, using parachutes. The New Shepard booster also lands safely. The RSS First Step and New Shepard are both designed to be re-used, having both flown on two missions before this one. Aboard the completely automated flight are Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, (female) pilot and Mercury 13 candidate Wally Funk, and Dutch student Oliver Daemen. Wally Funk at age 82 becomes the oldest person ever to fly in space, while Oliver Daemen at age 18 becomes the youngest person to fly in space. This flight is the second-ever privately-financed manned flight into space; billionaire Richard Branson and five other people reached a height of 53 miles above Earth in a rocket plane on July 11, 2021, before landing safely on Earth.

Wildfires continue burning in the U.S. West and in British Columbia in Canada. Two of the largest fires are in Oregon and California. Smoke from the fires is drifting east and causing haze in such cities as New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.

U.S. stock indexes largely rebound from the previous day's sharp losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 549.94 points or 1.62 percent; the NASDAQ Composite rises 223.89 points or 1.57 percent, ad the S & P 500 rises 64.57 or 1.52 percent.

The Milwaukee Bucks win the 2020-21 NBA Championship by defeating the Phoenix Suns 105-98 to win the NBA Finals series 4 games to 2. Phoenix had led the series 2 games to 0, then Milwaukee wins 4 games in a row. It's the Bucks' first NBA championship since 1971.

In the Summer Olympics, the U.S. women's softball team defeats Italy, 2-0, in the first round.

Baltimore weather: Sunny with some haze; then partly cloudy, then hazy, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Orioles 9-3.

The Orioles make history by having an all-female on-air television broadcasting team for the first time for any Major League Baseball team. Five women are handling various aspects of the Orioles TV game broadcast.

Baltimore weather: Sunny with some haze; then partly cloudy, then hazy, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In the Summer Olympics, the U.S. women's soccer team loses to Sweden in an upset, 3-0.

In the Summer Olympics, the U.S. women's softball team defeats Canada, 1-0 in the first round. The U.S. is 2-0 in the tournament.

Much of the Baltimore region gets light rain showers, and some places have heavy rain showers and thunderstorms. Annapolis gets 0.02 of an inch of rain, and Nottingham gets 0.07 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-4. The Rays get a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 9th inning with 2 outs  to win.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy with haze; then afternoon and evening rain showers; High temp. 93 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.08 inch.

In Afghanistan, gunmen shoot and kill at least 100 people in Spin Boldak District of Kandaher Province.

The U.S. House of Representatives votes 407–16 to pass the Allies Act, a bill that would improve and provide visas for Afghan interpreters who worked for American personnel during the war.

The opening ceremony is held in Tokyo, Japan, for the 2020 Summer Olympics (called 2020 even though they are being played in 2021).

The Baltmore region is considerably less warm and humid then the day before.

The Orioles have a scheduled day off.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy; High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 60 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Search opeations end at the partially collapsed (now fully demolished) condo building in Surfside, Florida. At least 97 people are confirmed killed by the collapse with one person still missing.

Flooding and landslides in western India kill at least 130 people.

In the first day of the Tokyo Summer Olympics after the opening ceremony, the U.S. does not win any medals.

The Cleveland Indians baseball team makes a decision to change its name to the Cleveland Guardians after the close of play this season. It's the first name change for the Cleveland franchise in more than 100 years.

The Orioles defeat the Washington Nationals in Baltimore, 6-1.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy; High temp. 89 degrees F, Low temp. 62 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Flooding occurs in some parts of Arizona due to heavy rain; hail and severe winds hit northeastern Arizona.

In the Summer Olympics, in swimming the USA wins medals: Men's 400 meter Individual Medley: Chase Kalisz of Bel Air, Maryland, wins the gold medal and Jay Litherland wins the silver medal. Men's 400m Freestyle: Kieran Smith wins the bronze medal. In women's swimming, Emma Weyant wins the silver Medal and Hali Flickinger wins the bronze medal in Women's 400 Individual Medley. In the Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, the United States wins the bronze medal.

In the Summer Olympics, U.S. beach volleyball team (April Ross & Alix Klineman) defeats China, 2 sets to 0 (in the evening, Eastern Time).

Jackie Mason dies at age 93 in Manhattan, New York, NY.  He was an American stand-up comedian and film and television actor. His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me! won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and earned a Grammy nomination. He was born on June 9, 1928, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

The Orioles defeat the Washington Nationals in Baltimore, 5-3. The Orioles are 33-64 this season.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 88 degrees F, Low temp. 61 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In the Summer Olympics, William Shaner of the U.S. wins the gold medal for shooting: 10m Air Rifle. Also, Lee Kiefer of the U.S. wins the gold medal in fencing: women's foil individual. And Anastasija Zolotic of the U.S. wins the gold medal in women's taekwondo, weight class 57 kg.

The Orioles defeat the Washington Nationals in Baltimore, 5-4, by scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning. The Orioles sweep this 3-game series against the Nationals.

The Baltimore area gets light rain showers in a few areas, then heavy thunderstorms in the evening in northern Carroll County, northern Baltimore County, and in much of Harford County. A flash flood warning is issued for part of northern Harford County.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy to mostly cloudy, High temp. 94 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The last body is identified of the people who were killed in the partial collapse of the condominium building in Seaside, Florida. This brings the final death total to 98.

In the Summer Olympics, the U.S. wins a gold medal in the 4x100 meter men's freestyle swimming relay. Katie Ledecky of the U.S. wins a silver medal in the women's 400 meter freestyle swimming event.

The Orioles have a scheduled day off.

From midnight onward, and continuing for an hour or two, there are rain showers and thundershowers in parts of northern Baltimore County and Harford County.

In the afternoon, there is a strong thunderstorm in far southern Anne Arundel County. From late afternoon into early evening, there are showers and thunderstorms in parts of Howard County, Baltimore city (southern part of the city including downtown), and northern Anne Arundel County including BWI Marshall Airport.  Columbia, MD, gets 0.04 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Variably cloudy, then a light thundershower in the early evening, High temp. 97 degrees F, Low temp. 73 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.04 inch.

The hearing of a U.S. House of Representatives select committee begins in the investigation into the causes of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Four Capitol Police officers testify about their experiences that day and the hardships they faced when trying to control the crowd.

The U.S. women's gymnastics team wins a silver medal in the Olympics, the first time they had not won a gold medal in the Olympics since 2008.  Simone Biles withdraws from the competition after an uncharacteristically poor vault. She withdraws because she said of the pressure of the situation, and not wanting to let her teammates down further by possibly continuing her subpar performances. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) wins the gold medal.

Carissa Moore of the U.S. wins the first-ever women's surfing gold medal at the Olympics.

The Orioles lose to the Miami Marlins in Baltimore, 7-3. The Orioles are 34-65 this season.

Baltimore weather: Clear with some shallow fog, then partly cloudy, then clear, lower humdity than the day before, High temp. 97 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Katie Ledecky (of Bethesda, Maryland) wins a gold medal in the first-ever women's 1500-meter freestyle swimming at the Summer Olympics.

The American women's 3x3 basketball team wins gold medals at the Summer Olympics.

The Orioles defeat the Miami Marlins 8-7.

The Baltimore region has a clear morning, then increasing cloudiness in the afternoon. About 2:00 in the afternoon, a heavy rain shower develops in northwestern Carroll County and moves southeastward. Another heavy rain shower develops in northern Anne Arundel County and moves southeastward to near Annapolis. In the evening, a rain shower develops in southern Baltimore (city) and moves into northern Anne Arunderl County. Another heavy rain shower moves southeastward into western Howard County. Annapolis gets 0.02 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Clear morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, High temp. 93 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Suni Lee of the U.S. wins a gold medal in women's individual artistic all-around gymnastics competition in the Olympics.

Some parts of the Baltimore area get light rain showers in the early morning, then almost all parts of the Baltimore region get rain in the afternoon, ranging from light showers to heavy thunderstorms, some with hail. The strongest thunderstorm in the Baltimore region forms over western Carroll County, then moves southeastward through Howard County, including Columbia, into northern Anne Arundel County (including BWI Marshall Airport, which has the official weather station for Baltimore), then the central part of the county. This storm has hail, much of it marble-size but some of it golf-ball size or larger.  Also, it produces strong wind gusts to 62 mph or higher in some places. Annapolis gets 0.16 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.12 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Tigers in Detroit, Michigan, 5-2.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, then a heavy thunderstorm with a 62-mph wind gust in the late afternoon, High temp. 90 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: 1.38 inches.

The Orioles defeat the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, 4-3.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, breezy in the afternoon, High temp. 90 degrees F, Low temp. 69 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles defeat the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, 5-1.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during July 2021 is 3.65 inches.

The Baltimore metro area gets rain, especially in the early afternoon and then in the late evening with some thunder. Annapolis gets 0.48 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.66 of an inch.

The Orioles lose to the Tigers in Detroit, 6-2.

Baltimore weather: Light morning rain, then rain heavy at times, then cloudy, then heavy late evening rain and thunderstorms, High temp. 77 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: 1.36 inches.

At the Summer Olympics, Simone Biles of the U.S. wins a bronze medal in the balance-beam competition in women's gymnastics. It's her sixth Olympic gold medal, but her first one in this Olympics after skipping competition in other women's gymnastics events due to mental health issues.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, breezy at times, High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 61 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles defeat the New York Yankees 7-1 at New York. A cat running onto the field disrupts play for a minute or two.

A report is released by the New York State Attorney General's office that states that in Governor Andrew Cuomo's time in office, he has sexually harassed 11 women. The investigation concludes that Cuomo's behavior included unwanted groping, kissing and sexual comments, and also found that Cuomo's office had engaged in illegal retaliation against one of the women for her allegation against him.

The Orioles lose to the Yankees in New York, 13-1.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy to mostly cloudy, High temp. 82 degrees F, Low temp. 62 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.1 occurs at 2:10 a.m. in Howard County, centered about 2 miles from Highland and about 6 miles from Columbia. Some people within 10 miles of the epicenter feel a slight vertical bump and/or weak shaking; some report noises such as a thud or bang. No damage or injuries are reported. The earthquake occurrs about 2.1 miles underground.

The Orioles lose to the Yankees in New York, 10-3. The Orioles score the first 3 runs of the game, but the Yankees score the last 10.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then partly cloudy, High temp. 81 degrees F, Low temp. 64 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In the NFL Hall of Fame Game in Akron, Ohio, the Pittsburgh Sttelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 14-3.

The Orioles hava a scheduled day off.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, High temp. 89 degrees F, Low temp. 60 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Fifty percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Orioles lose to the Tampa Bay Rays in Baltimore, 10-6. Nelson Cruz hits a home run and drives in 5 runs for the Rays. The Orioles are 38-70 this season as they reach the 2/3 point of the season with 54 games left to play.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 92 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. wins gold medals in men's basketball, women's water polo, women's beach volleyball, and both men's and women's 4 x 400-meter relay races.

The Baltimore region has a mostly cloudy to cloudy day, with light to moderate rain occurring in southern and central Anne Arundel County, including Annapolis which gets 0.10 of an inch of rain.

The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Orioles 12-3. The Orioles have allowed at least 10 runs in each of their last 4 games, a team record since moving to Baltimore from St. Louis to begin the 1954 season.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy to partly cloudy; light rain at 8:54 PM; High temp. 80 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

On the last day of the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. women's basketball team and women's volleyball team win gold medals.

In the Tokyo Olympics, the United States earns the most gold medals (39) and the most medals overall (113, including 41 silver and 33 bronze) of any other single country.

Flooding in Omaha, Nebraska, leads to seven people being rescued from flooded elevators, including some who were up to their necks in water before being rescued.

Three people, including the pilot and two family members, are killed when a small plane crashes in Victoria, Minnesota.

The Orioles lose to the Tampa Bay Rays, 9-5. The Orioles had been ahead 5-3 until a 6-run 8th inning by the Rays, including a grand slam by Brett Phillips. The Orioles have allowed at least 9 runs in each of their last 5 games.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, High temp. 89 degrees F, Low temp. 65 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Baltimore area has some light rain showers in the morning in some spots, then showers and heavy thundershowers in many spots, particularly in the afternoon and evening. Heavy thundershowers occur in much of Anne Arundel County and portions of Baltimore (city), Baltimore County, and Harford County. Heavy thundershowers occur in, but are less prevalent in, Carroll County and Howard County. Annapolis gets 0.03 of an inch of rain; Perry Hall gets a trace of rain. A swath just north of Washington, D.C., has a flash flood warning issued because of repeated heavy thunderstorms (a process called "training").

The Orioles have a scheduled day off.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, then very light thundershowers in the afternoon and evening, High temp. 90 degrees F, Low temp. 71 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

A federal infrastructure bill is passed by the U.S. Senate and will be sent to the U.S. HOuse of Representatives for consideration and voting; the hOuse is on summer recess.

Andrew Cuomo, in his third term as governor of New York, says that he will resign from his position effective August 24, 2021, because of a report from the New York State attorney general that found that Governor Cuomo allegedly sexually harrassed eleven women.

The Baltimore area has showers and thundershowers, some of them heavy, from late afternoon into the evening, moving from west to east. The western half of the city of Baltimore gets very heavy rain. At one point, heavy showers exist on a line from Baltimore County's northern border, through Baltimore, and continuing to Anne Arundel County's southern border. Annapolis gets 0.31 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.38 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Detroit Tigers in Baltimore, 9-4. The Orioles have given up 9 runs or more in each of their last 6 games. The start of this game was delayed one hour and 48 minutes because of rain.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with light thundershowers in the evening, wind gusts to 32 mph, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.07 inch.

The Baltimore region gets showers and thunderstorms nearly everywhere; some storms are severe. Annapolis gets 0.65 of an inch of rain, Nottingham gets 0.24 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Detroit Tigers 5-2 for their 7th consecutive loss. The start of the game is delayed by rain for the second evening in a row.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then becoming cloudy with a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and early evening (wind gust to 37 mph), then light rain, High temp. 98 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.42 inch.

The Orioles lose to the Detroit Tigers 6-4 for their 8th consecutive loss.

The first-ever Major League Baseball Field of Dreams game is held at the Field of Dreams near Dyersville, Iowa, with the Chicago White Sox defeating the New York Yankees 9-8. It's the first Major League Baseball game ever played in Iowa. It's television's highest-rated national broadcast of a baseball game (including World Series games) since 2009.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, High temp. 98 degrees F, Low temp. 73 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Tropical Storm Fred is downgraded to a tropical depression as it crosses Cuba.

The Orioles lose to the Red Sox 7-2 in Boston, MA.

The Baltimore region gets rain ranging from llight showers to heavy thundershowers, mostly from late adfternoon into early evening.  Annapolis gets 0.32 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Light rain shower in the early morning, then clearing, then becoming cloudy, then a thunderstorm in the afternoon, then cloudy, High temp. 98 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.26 inch.

An earhquake of magnitude 7.2 hits western Haiti, causing damage and destruction to buildings. More than 300 people die in the quake, although the death count is likely to rise.

Tropical Depression Fred is downgraded to "remnants" with 35-mph maximum susteined winds. It is in the Gulf of Mexico north of the western tip of Cuba and west of the Florda Keys, moving north-northwest at about 13 mph.

Tropcal Storm Grace forms in the Atlantic Ocean. It's moving through the Windward Islands with mazimum 40-mph sustained winds, will get close to Puerto Rico, and eventually could strike Haiti.

A few areas of the Baltimore region get rain showers, including very heavy late-evening rain in Annapolis, which gets 1.38 inches of rain in the final hour of the day.

The Orioles lose to the Boston Red Sox, 16-2, for their tenth consecutive loss.

The Ravens play their first preseason game. It's against the New Orleans Saints in Baltimore, and the Ravens win 17-14 for their 18th consecutive preseason win.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, High temp. 92 degrees F, Low temp. 73 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The total number of reported deaths from the earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti rises above 1,000.

Fred and Grace, two tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, are following roughtly the same path, with Fred expected to hit the Florida Gulf Coast with 60-mph sustained winds in about a day and Grace brushing by Puerto Rico on its way to Haiti and the Dominican Reublic.

Some parts of the Baltimore region get rain showers in the morning.

The Orioles lose the Boston Red Sox, 6-2. It's their 11th loss in a row.

Baltimore weather: Very light rain in the morning, then parttly cloudy to mostly cloudy, High temp. 83 degrees F, Low temp. 73 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

The government of Afghanistan falls as the Taliban take over the capital city of Kabul and now controls the entire country.

Tropical Storm Fred makes landfall in the Florida Big Bend area and Panhandle with 60-mph maximum sustained winds.

Tropical Depression Grace, with 35-mph winds, is centered over southwestern Haiti in the evening: the same area that had a large earthquake two days before. The earthquake area gets hit siwht heavy rains and strong winds.

Tropical Storm Henri, with 40-mph maximum sustained winds, is southeast of Bermuda and moving toward the south-southwest.

The Orioles lose in an away game to the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 for their 12th consecutive loss.

Much of the Baltimore region gets rain showers in the evening, some of them moderate to heavy, with some places getting some rain in the afternoon also. Annapolis gets 0.32 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then light rain in the afternoon, then evening rain showers, High temp. 85 degrees F, Low temp. 75 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.05 inch.

The number of people confirmed dead in the Haiti earthquake of August 14th is more than 1,900.

The Baltimore area has widespread rain showers, some of them heavy. Annapolis gets 1.01 inches of rain. Nottingham gets a total of 0.48 inches of rain in 48 hours from August 16th through 17th.

The Orioles lose to the Tampa Bay Rays 10-0 for their 13th consecutive loss.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then light rain in the afternoon with some thunder, then cloudy, High temp. 87 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.09 inch.

The remnants of once-tropical-storm Fred move into western Pennsylvania. Some flooding from heavy rains occurs, especially along the Appalachian Mountains.

Hurricane Grace, with 80-mph maximum sustained winds, is south of the western tip of Cuba and moving toward Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

Tropical Storm Henri, with 70-mph maximum susained winds, is southwest of Bermuda and moving westward.

The Orioles lose to the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 for their 14th consecutive loss. The Orioles have one win and 15 losses in August 2021 so far.

The Baltimore region has widespread rain showers and thunderstorms, some of them heavy, especially in the afternoon. Annapolis gets 0.41 of an inch of rain, Nottingham gets 0.26 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Light rain in the morning, then light rain in the afternoon with some thunder, then partly cloudy, High temp. 87 degrees F, Low temp. 78 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.07 inch.

Hurricane Grace makes landfall in the early morning along the eastern Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico near Tulum with 80-mph maximum sustained winds, then later is downgraded to a tropical storm. The storm is moving west at 17 mph. As of 8:00 PM Baltimore time, the storm has 60-mph maximum sustained winds and is in the Gulf of Mexico just west of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Tropical Storm Henri, with 65-mph maximum sustained winds, is about 400 miles east of northern Florida and moving westward at 10 mph.

The remnants of once-tropical-storm Fred, with 30-mph maxiumum sustained winds, is over the New England states and is still producing heavy rain in some places.

The Baltimore region is partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, and some locations get light rain in the evening. Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-2, for their 15th consecutive loss. This is the second-longest Orioles losing streak since the Orioles began play in Baltimore in 1954.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, then light evening rain, High temp. 92 degrees F, Low temp. 76 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

Hurricane Grace is in the southern Gulf of Mexico west of the Yucatan Peninsula but about 60 miles east of the western Mexican gulf coast, with 100-mph maximum sustained winds, moving west at 10 mph.

Tropical Storm Henri, with 70-mph maximum susteind winds, is about 300 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina, and moving northward at 7 miles per hour. Hurricane warnings have been issued for Long Island and coastal Connecticut as the storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting those areas on Sunday, August 22.

The Orioles lose to the Atlanta Braves, 3-0, in Baltimore for their 16th consecutive loss. Pitcher Max Fried of the Braves pitches a complete-game shutout against the Orioles.

The Baltimore region has widespread rain in the morning, some of it heavy. Annapolis gets 1.17 inches of rain and Nottingham gets 0.70 of an inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain (some of it heavy) in the morning, then cloudy to mostly cloudy, High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 71 degrees F, Precipitation: 1.29 inches.

Hurricane Henri, with 75-mph maximum sustained winds, is on track to hit eastern Long Island and the Connecticut/Rhode Island shoreline August 22.

Hurricane Grace, with 125-mph maximum sustained winds, makes landfall on the western Gulf Coast of Mexico and then rapidly weakens.

Extremely heavy rains in Tennessee west of Nashville cause flash flooding that kills at least 22 people. McEwen, Tennessee, gets 17.02 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, breaking the state's 24-hour rainfall record. Damage is extensive there and in the nearby city of Waverly, as well as other nearby communities.

In the evening, New York City get one its strongest rainstorms in history, flooding sections of the city. A thunderstorm drops 3.44 inches of rain in New York City in the evening from 10:00 pm to midnight, following a half-inch of rain earlier in the evening, for a total of 3.96 inches of rain for the day.

The Baltimore region has partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, with rain showers in a few spots, especially in parts of Carroll County, Howard County, and western Baltimore County.

The Ravens defeat the Carolina Panthers, 20-3, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in their second preseason game. The Ravens win their 19th consecutive preseason game, tying the Green Bay Packers of 1959-1962 for the longest such streak. (There were six preseason games per team, per season in 1959-1962.)

The Orioles lose to the Atlanta Braves, 5-4, for their 17th loss in a row.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, High temp. 86 degrees F, Low temp. 69 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in southern New England near Westerly, Rhode Island, with widespread wind damage and heavy rains. It brings wind gusts of up to 70 mph and a storm surge of up to 4 feet. More than 100,000 customers lose electrical power. Because it is slow-moving, it drops record amounts of rainfall in a few places.

The Baltimore region has light rain showers and a few heavy thunderstorms, mainly in the northern half of the region including the city of Baltimore (but not at BWI Marshall Airport, which has the official Baltimore weather station). Annapolis gets 0.02 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Atlanta Braves 3-1 for their 18th consecutive loss.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, High temp. 80 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: None at BWI Marshall Airport, but a heavy thunderstorm in East Baltimore and light rain showers elsewhere in the city.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants full approval of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, for use in people age 16 and older.

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri and its remnants is very heavy from August 22nd into today in parts of New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Parts of northern New Jersey get more than 8 inches of rain from the storm.

The Baltimore region has light to moderate rain showers in the morning in some places, mainly in the eastern half of the region. Annapolis gets 0.01 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles have the day off.

Baltimore weather: Light rain in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, High temp. 92 degrees F, Low temp. 73 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.03 inch.

The Orioles lose to the Angels in Baltimore, 14-8, for their 19th consecutive loss.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, High temp. 93 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles defeat the Angels 10-6, snapping their 19-game losing streak.

Some parts of the Baltimore area have rain showers in the evening, especially much of Carroll County and Howard County, and parts of western Baltimore County.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 71 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

At least 13 U.S. military members and at least 169 Afghans are killed by a suicide bomber at a gate of the airport in Kabul, Afghanista. Despite the bombing, evacuation of Americans and Afghans from the airport continues, with several thousand being evacuated today and flown to other countries.

Tropical Storm Ida has 45-mph winds and is south of Cuba as of 8:00 p.m. It is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and hit the Gulf Coast of the U.S. on August 29.

The Orioles defeat the Los Angeles Angels 13-1 for their second consecutive victory. Oriole starting pitcher Keegan Akin finally gets a win after entering the game with a 0-8 record for this season. The Orioles are 40-86 this season.

In PGA golf, the BMW Championship golf tournament begins at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills. It's the first time a PGA event has been played in the Baltimore area since 1962 when Doug Ford won the final edition of the Eastern Open played at Mt. Pleasant Municipal Golf Course in Baltimore.

Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox pitches an "immaculate inning" against the Minnesota Twins. He strikes out three batters in the same inning -- Nick Gordon, Andrelton Simmons and Bob Refsnyer -- using only nine pitches. He joins Sandy Koufax as the only two pitchers to perform this feat as many as three times.

The Baltimore region has showers and thunderstorms in some sections, including much of Anne Arundel County, the east side of Baltimore, northeastern and north-central Baltimore County (Nottingham, Perry Hall, Parkville, Towson, White Marsh), and much of Harford County. Annapolis gets 0.01 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.12 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Partly to mostly cloudy, then very light rain with thunder in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

As of 8:00 PM, Hurricane Ida with 80-mph winds is over the western tip of Cuba, moving northwest at 15 mph. It's expected to reach the Louisiana gulf coast as a major hurricane in about 48 hours.

The Baltimore region has showers and thunderstorms in some areas. One heavy thunderstorm in Baltimore County adjacent to northeast Baltimore drops 1.32 inches of rain in Nottingham (total rainfall there is 1.44 inches for the day). Other heavy thunderstorms occur in northern Carroll County and in northern Anne Arundel County, northern Baltimore County and northern Harford County. Later, light rain occurs in much of the northern half of the region and in parts of Anne Arundel County. Annapolis gets 0.85 of an inch of rain.

The second day of the BMW Championship is held at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills. Bryson DeChambeau is in the lead after 36 holes played. He finishes the second round today, but some players could not finish because play is suspended by thunderstorms.

The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Orioles in Baltimore 6-3.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then becoming mostly cloudy, then very light showers with thunder, High temp. 95 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

As of 8:00 PM, Hurricane Ida is in the Gulf of Mexico with 105-mph winds, moving northwest toward the Louisiana coast and is expected to hit there tomorrow.

The third round of the BMW Championship is held at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills. Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Cantlay are tied for the lead at 21 under par for 54 holes.

The Ravens defeat the Washington Football Team in a preseason game, 37-3, at Washington's home football field in Landover, Maryland. It's the Ravens' 20th consecutive preseason win, a new NFL record.

The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Orioles 4-3. The Orioles had a 3-0 lead going into the 7th inning. The Rays have won 17 of their 18 games against the Orioles this season.

The Baltimore area has a few showers, a few in the morning in Harford and Anne Arundel counties and then in the evening in parts of Carroll County and extreme western Howard County.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then becoming mostly cloudy, a very light rain shower, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 90 degrees F, Low temp. 74 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

At about 1:30 PM Eastern time, Hurricane Ida makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana with 150-mph maximum sustained winds, causing widepread wind damage and flooding. As of 8:00 PM, winds have decreased somewhat to 120 mph and Ida is centered northwest of New Orleans, LA.

In the BMW Chamionship golf tournament held at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills,, 72 holes of play are completed, with a tie between leaders Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau. After 6 playoff holes, Patrick Cantlay wins the tournament.

The Orioles lose to the Rays, 12-8.

Ed Asner dies at age 91 in Los Angeles, California. He was an actor and a president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is known for playing Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on spin-off Lou Grant). His other Emmys were for performances in two television miniseries: Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), where he won for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a TV series, and Roots (1977), for which he won for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a TV series. Ed Asner was born Eddie Asner on November 15, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Baltimore weather: Cloudy with haze in the morning, then partly cloudy, High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 71 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The U.S. involvement in the war in Afghanistan ends after nearly 20 years, with the final flight of American military members leaving Afghanistan.

One day after Hurricane Ida came through Louisiana, there is extensive wind damage and flooding, especially within about 50 miles of the Gulf coast. Houma and communities around that city are especially hard-hit. Rescue boats come out to rescue people from flooded homes and other buildings. The storm disables electrical power on the grid to all of New Orleans; at least 880,000 electrical customers lose power in Louisiana. There is also wind damage in southerm Mississippi, although not as severe as in Louisiana.

The Baltimore region gets showers and thunderstorms in some areas. Some of the storms have heavy rain. Nottingham gets 0.04 of an inch of rain, but Annapolis has none.

The Orioles lose to the Toronto Blue Jays in an away game, 7-3. The Orioles are 40-90 this season.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, then a thunderstorm with heavy rain in the evening (a wind gust to 30 mph), High temp. 94 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.69 inch.

Clean-up and restoration efforts continue in Louisiana and Mississippi from Hurricane Ida. Some areas of Louisiana are still flooded, and power restoration to some customers will take place within a day or two but others will take several weeks in some cases.

The Baltimore region has light rain and/or drizzle in some places, especially in the evening. Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

The Orioles defeat the Blue Jays 4-2.

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, occasional gusty winds, High temp. 86 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during August 2021 is 4.36 inches.

The Baltimore region has thunderstorms with heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, and some lighter rain, in many areas in the morning. Some areas get an inch to more than 2 inches of rain. Rainfall is especially heavy in parts of Baltimore, Columbia, Ellicott City, Elkridge, Glen Burnie, Linthicum, Catonsville, Woodlawn, Dundalk, and parts of Harford County. There is more rain in nearly all of the Baltimore region in the afternoon and evening, with nearly every area getting heavy rain, and many areas getting an additional inch or two. Annapolis gets 2.04 inches of rain; Nottingham gets 3.15 inches of rain. A destructive tornado occurs in Annapolis and nearby areas of Anne Arundel County. There is a weaker tornado near Edgemere, MD, in Baltimore County. Portions of Frederick County, MD, get more than 6 inches of rain; there is widespread flooding in northern Frederick County; there is also flooding in portions of Cecil County.

Some flooding occurs on Thames Street in Fells Point in Baltimore, and also on other low-lying roads in Baltimore and vicinity.

A group of basement apartments get flooded by heavy rain in the early morning in Rockville, Maryland. Ten people are rescued. One 19-year-old man dies.

A tornado of intensity EF2 (125 mph winds) hits parts of Annapolis and vicinity (Edgewater, Parole, Londontowne). On a section of West Street, utility poles are knocked down and the windows of businesses are blown out, some trees snap in two or are uprooted, signs are strewn about, and many buildings sustain structural damage; more than 20 buildings are condemned. At South River High School, the football stadium sustains extensive tornado damage. In Edgewater, some homes have damage, some with roofs completely or partially blown off. The path of this tornado is about 15.5 miles, from Owensville in southern Anne Arundel County to the Severn River, but the tornado's strongest winds are in Annapolis.

There are also two tornadoes in Dorchester County, Maryland.

Central Park in New York City gets more than 3 inches of rain in the one hour from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM, breaking the record amount for a one-hour rainfall there. There is flooding in New York City and vicinity, including water coming into subway stations and tunnels, and flooding of some basement apartments.

There is extensive flooding in Philadelphia, PA, and vicinity.

A tornado in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, near Philadelphia, destroys some houses.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Orioles in Toronto, 5-4.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm with heavy rain in the early morning (wind gust to 40 mph; 2.02 inches of rain from this storm), then cloudy, then periods of rain, some of it heavy, in the afternoon and early evening, High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: 4.13 inches, setting a record for rainfall in Baltimore for this date. The previous record was 3.96 inches on September 1, 1952.

Cleanup of tornado debris continues in Annapolis and surrounding areas.

Some parts of the northeastern U.S. remain flooded. Major roads in Philadelphia, PA, are under water. Rescues of people by boat are common, especially in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.

The Orioles have the day off.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy in the early morning, then clear (no clouds to be seen) and breezy, High temp. 80 degrees F, Low temp. 57 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In the northeastern U.S., the number of confirmed deaths caused by flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida increase to at least 49, with at least 25 of the deaths in New Jersey, mainly from drowning while trapped in vehicles. In New York City, at least a dozen people have died from the flooding, mostly in flooded basement apartments.

The Yankees defeat the Orioles 4-3 in 11 innings at Yankee Stadium. The Orioles are 41-92 this season.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 79 degrees F, Low temp. 55 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles defeat the New York Yankees 4-3 (same score as yesterday, but the teams are switched).

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy, High temp. 81 degrees F, Low temp. 58 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles defeat the New York Yankees 8-7, even though the Yankees hit a grand slam and were leading 5-2 and then 7-4.

THe Baltimore area has light rain in much of the region. Annapolis gets 0.05 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.02 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then light rain, then cloudy, High temp. 76 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.05 inch.

The Orioles lose to the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Baltimore. The Orioles are 43-93 this season.

The Baltimore region has lingering rain showers over southern sections in the early morning, then clearing skies, sunny and pleasant. Annapolis gets 0.01 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather: Light rain in the early morning, then decreasing cloudiness, then clear, breezy in afternoon, High temp. 85 degrees F, Low temp. 65 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.02 inch.

The Orioles defeat  the Kansas City Royals 7-3. Attendance is only 4,981, the lowest attendance in Oriole Park history when all seats in the ballpark have been available (i.e., not restricted capacity because of COVID-19 or other cause).

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, High temp. 88 degrees F, Low temp. 60 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles defeat the Kansas City Royals 9-8, scoring 9 runs in the 8th inning after being behind 5-0. Attendance is only 4,965, the second game in a row that the Orioles set a record-low attendance at Oriole Park when all seats in the ballpark have been available (not restricted capacity).

The Baltimore area has light rain showers and sprinkles in a few spots in the afternoon and early evening, then showers and thunderstorms later in the evening, including heavy rain, especially in the western half of the area. Parts of northern Carroll County get more than an inch of rain; Perry Hall and Nottingham get a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then cloudy, then showers and thunderstorms in late evening, High temp. 90 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.35 inch.

U.S. President Joe Biden gives a speech in which he mentions new measures the U.S. govenment will be taking against COVID-19. He states that all companies of 100 employees or more in the U.S. must require employees to be vaccinated or be subjected to a COVID-19 test at least once a week. He states that all executive-branch U.S. Government employees will be required to be vaccinated, and that workers on government contracts also will be required to be vaccinated. He recommends that the operators of venues such as sports stadiums and movie theaters require their patrons to show proof of vaccination. He also mentions measures being taken for health-care workers, nursing homes, and others

In the early morning, the Baltimore area has showers and thunderstorms, some with heavy rain. Later in the morning, there are scattered showers. The afternoon is cloudy to partly cloudy, then some areas get rain showers in the evening, with an isolated heavy shower moving through Pikesville, Catonsville, and west Baltimore.

The Orioles lose to the Kansas City Royals, 6-0. The Orioles get only 3 hits in this game, all off Royals pitcher Carlos Hernández in his 6 innings of work. The only 3 hits he gives up are in the second inning. The Orioles are 45-94 this season.

In the first NFL game of the regular season, the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 31-29 in Florida.

Baltimore weather: Rain showers in the morning, then cloudy to partly cloudy, then light rain showers at night, High temp. 79 degrees F, Low temp. 61 degrees F, Precipitation:0.12 inch.

The Orioles defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, breezy in the afternoon, High temp. 78 degrees F, Low temp. 57 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

On the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, there are observances and ceremonies in the U.S. nationwide, including at the site of the now-gone Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City (now the 9/11 Memorial), at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, and in a field near Shanksville, PA, all sites of crashed hijacked jetliners that together killed nearly 3,000 people. The names of the people killed in the 9/11 attacks are read aloud at the respective locations of the attacks where the people died. U.S. President Joe Biden visits all 3 crash sites; former U.S. President George W. Bush visits the Shanksville crash site and addresses the crowd; former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton attend the New York observance/ceremony. Former president Donald Trump makes a "surprise" visit to New York City police and firefighters, but does not attend the observance/ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial.

In the first game of a doubleheader, the Orioles lose to the Blue Jays, 11-10. The Orioles had been ahead 10-5. (In 2021 as in 2020, each game of a doubleheader is 7 innings long, unless there's a tie at the end of 7 innings.)

In the secind game of a doubleheader, the Orioles lose to the Blue Jays, 11-2. The Blue Jays have no runs and no hits through the first six innings, but then they score 11 runs on 11 hits in the seventh inning, including four home runs. At one point, the Blue Jays have 6 hits in a row. Keegan Akin is the starting and losing pitcher for the Orioles. The Orioles are 46-96 this season.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 82 degrees F, Low temp. 54 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles lose to the Toronto Blue Jays 22-7. The Blue Jays score 5 runs in the first inning, including a grand slam, before getting an out. They score 10 runs in the third inning, with another grand slam. It's only the third time in major-league history that a team has allowed an opponent ten or more runs in an inning in two consecutive games. The Blue Jays score a total of 44 runs in the 3 games including yesterday's doubleheader and this game. But Ryan Mountcastle of the Orioles hits his 28th home run of the season, tying Cal Ripken Jr.'s record for the most home runs hit by an Orioles rookie.

Tropical Storm Nicholas, with winds to 60 mph, is along the southern Texas coast and moving northward. Heavy rain and gusty winds are occuriing in parts of Texas.

Baltimore weather: Clear sky with haze from western-U.S. wildfires, then partly cloudy in the evening, High temp. 88 degrees F, Low temp. 63 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In their first game of the regular season, the Ravens lose to the Las Vegas Raiders, 33-27 in overtime, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

The Orioles have a scheduled day off.

Tropical Storm Nicholas becomes a hurricane with 75-mph winds along the coast of Texas. Heavy rains and strong winds are occurring in parts of Texas.

Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy with very light rain shower in the early morning, then partly cloudy, then clear, High temp. 89 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

Hurricane Nicholas makes landfall in Texas in the early morning, losing strength to become a tropical storm once again. Heavy rains and strong winds occur in parts of Texas, extending into southern Louisiana and then into Mississippi and Alabama.

The New York Yankees defeat the Orioles 7-2 in Baltimore. The Orioles are 46-98 this season.

Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy to mostly cloudy; haze from western U.S. wildfires; High temp. 89 degrees F, Low temp. 69 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Four U. S. Olympic and former Olympic female gymnasts testify before the U.S. Senate about the sexual abuse they received from Larry Nassar while they were training for the Olympics, and about the FBI's failure to promptly report the abuse to authorities. Also, the FBI Director testifies.

SpaceX launches its Inspiration4 space vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying four astronauts with no previous astronaut experience. It reaches Earth orbit, as is intended.

Both North Korea and South Korea launch test missiles from submarines, ships and/or trains.

The remnants of hurricane Nicholas are continuing to produce heavy rain in parts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Floria Panhandle.

The Orioles lose to the Yankees 4-3. The Orioles are 46-99 this season.

Some parts of the Baltimore area receive showers and thunderstorms in the evening, especially northern sections, including downtown Baltimore and Oriole Park.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; High temp. 91 degrees F, Low temp. 71 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The remnants of Hurricane Nicholas continue to produce heavy rains along sections of the Gulf Coast.

Heavy rains cause flooding in Arlington and Alexandria, Vrginia, just south of Washington, D.C. One area gets an inch of rain in 20 minutes.

The Orioles win against the Yankees 3-2 in 10 innings. Light rain falls during much of the game.

The Baltimore area receives rain, especially in the evening, heavy at times in some places. Annapolis gets 0.01 of an inch; Nottingham gets 0.11 of an inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, then rain in the evening; High temp. 83 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.38 inch.

There are rain showers in a few parts of the Baltimore region. Annapolis gets 0.04 of an inch of rain.

The Orioles lose to the Boston Red Sox 7-1 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. The Orioles are 47-100 this season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, light rain and drizzle in the morning; High temp. 82 degrees F, Low temp. 72 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

The Orioles lose to the Red Sox 9-3.

The Baltimore region has variable cloudiness with periods of sunshine, and there light rain showers in certain areas in the late afternoon and evening, especially in parts of western Carroll County as well as Harford County.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, light rain and drizzle in the morning; High temp. 88 degrees F, Low temp. 68 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The Orioles lose to the Red Sox 8-6. The Orioles are 47-102 this season.

The Ravens defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in Baltimore, 36-35. Both teams are 1-1-0 this season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then a few clouds, then clear; High temp. 84 degrees F, Low temp. 60 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

A volcano erupts on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands for the first time in 50 years. Lava flows destroy several houses.

In the Canadian elections, incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wins again, but his party does not win a majority in Parliament.

A gunman kills at least 6 people at Perm State University in Perm, Russia.

American stock-market indexes are sharply lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 614.41 points or 1.78 percent, but it had been down about 970 points before rallying in the last 40 minutes of trading.

The Orioles defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0  in Philadelphia. John Means pitches most of the game for the Orioles, and he hits a double -- the only extra-base hit for the Orioles in this game.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 79 degrees F, Low temp. 57 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the United Nations for the first time, urging cooperation to help solve the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, among other problems.

Volcanic lava flows continue on La Palma in the Canary Islands, destroying dozens of houses.

The Orioles lose to the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2 in 10 innings.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy; High temp. 83 degrees F, Low temp. 65 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southeast Australia, centered 75 miles from Melbourne. Some damage is reported.

Volcanic lava continues to flow on La Palma in the Canary Islands, and has now destroyed about 200 houses.

A tropical depression forms in the Atlantic Ocean about 1,000 miles west of Africa, with 35-mph sustained winds.

Tropical Depression Peter, formerly a tropical storm, is just north of Cuba with 35-mph winds, but moving northward.

Tropical Depression Rose, formerly a tropical storm, is in the open Atlantic Ocean with 35-mph sustained winds.

The Orioles lose to the the Philadelpha Phillies 4-3.

The Baltimore region gets rain and showers, some heavy, in the afternoon and evening.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy; rain showers and windy in the afternoon and evening; High temp. 81 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.28 inch.

Tropical Storm Sam forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, with winds of 60 mph.

Tropical Depressions Peter and Rose both dissipate over the Atlantic Ocean.

The volcanic eruption continues on La Palma in the Canary Islands, spewing hot lava. Several hundred homes have been destroyed.

Torrential rain causes damaging flash floods in Huelva Province on the coast of Andalusia, southern Spain.

The Orioles defeat the Texas Rangers 3-0 in Baltimore.

The Baltimore region gets rain and thunderstorms, some heavy, especially in the morning. Flooding is reported in some places. Some areas get from one inch to more than 4 inches of rain, although BWI Airport gets 0.69 of an inch and Nottingham gets 0.84 of an inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Heavy rain and windy in the morning (gust to 30 mph); then cloudy, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 77 degrees F, Low temp. 56 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.69 inch.

Tropical Storm Sam intensifes into a hurricane with 85-mph winds in the open Atlantic Ocean.

Subtropical Storm Teresa forms just north of Bermuda with 45-mph winds, and is expected to move northeast and away from land.

The volcanic eruption continues on La Palma in the Canary Islands and it has intensified, pushing firefighters back.

The Orioles lose to the Rangers 8-5.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy early in the morning, then clear; High temp. 74 degrees F, Low temp. 51 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

An Amtrak train derails in Liberty County, Montana, killing at least 3 people and injuring 50 others.

Hurricane Sam greatly intensifies and has 140-mph winds in the open Atlantic Ocean.

Post-Tropical Cyclone Teresa has winds of 35 mph and is about 500 miles east of North Carolina.

The volcanic eruption continues on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.

The Orioles defeat the Texas Rangers, 3-2.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then becoming mostly cloudy; High temp. 78 degrees F, Low temp. 50 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Hurricane Sam intensifies some more, with 150-mph sustained winds, in the open Atlantic Ocean. It is moving northwestward.

The Ravens defeat the Detroit Lions, 19-17, on Justin Tucker's 66-yard field goal as time expires at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The kicked ball hits the crossbar, bounces into the air, and then falls behind the crossbar for a score. Justin Tucker sets a new record for the longest field goal in NFL history. The Ravens are 2-1-0 this season.

The Orioles lose to the Rangers, 7-4.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy in the early morning; then clear; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 76 degrees F, Low temp. 55 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Hurricane Sam's maxium sustained winds drop to 120 mph as it moves northwestward over the open Atlantic Ocean.

The Orioles have a scheduled day off.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 82 degrees F, Low temp. 52 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Jarrod Ramos, the man convicted of shooting five newspaper employees to death at the Capital Gazette office in Annapolis (on June 28, 2018), is sentenced to life in prison (six life terms plus 345 days).

U.S. stock indexes fall sharply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 569.38 points, or 1.59 percent.

Hurricane Sam gains slightly in intensity, with 130-mph maximum sustained winds in the open Atlantic Ocean and moving northwestward.

The Orioles defeat the Red Sox 4-2 in Baltimore.

The Baltimore region has light rain showers at midday in some parts. Annapolis and Perry Hall each get a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy; a light rain shower late in the morning; breezy at times in the evening (gust to 22 mph at 3:54 pm); High temp. 82 degrees F, Low temp. 60 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

Hurricane Sam continues with 130-mph maximum sustained winds in the open Atlantic Ocean, moving northwestward.

Tropical Storm Victor forms several hundred miles west of Africa. It has 35-mph winds and is moving west-northwestward.

Hot lava from a volcano on the island of La Palma reaches the Atlantic Ocean, causing massive clouds of steam and poisonous gas.

The Red Sox defeat the Orioles 6-0.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clearing; very light rain showers in the morning; High temp. 72 degrees F, Low temp. 53 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

U.S. stock indexes fall sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 546.80 points or 1.59 percent.

Hurricane Sam increases in intensity and has 145-mph sustained winds in the open Atlantic Ocran, moving north-northwest.

Tropical Storm Victor has strengthened and is west of Africa with 45-mph winds, moving west-northwest.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts for the first time in nearly a year, but so far the molten lava is staying within the rim of the volcano.

A volcano continues to spew hot lava on the island of La Palma, some of it flowing into the ocean.

The U.S Congress passes a continuing resolution to keep the U.S. Government funded ("open") until December 15.

According to NBC News, the number of people in the U.S. who have died from COVID-19 or its complications surpasses 700,000.

In their final home game of the 2021 season, the Orioles defeat the Red Sox 6-2.

The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grows at only a two percent annual rate during the third quarter of 2021, down from the 6 percent-plus annual growth rate in both the first and second quarters of 2021. The resugernce of COVID-19, plus supply-chain issues, have much to do with the economic slowdown.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; 20 mph wind gust at 12:54 pm; High temp. 75 degrees F, Low temp. 51 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The total precipitation for Baltimore duirng September 2021 is 6.04 inches.

Thelma Sutcliffe of Omaha, Nebraska, turns 115 years of age. She is the oldest living American and the seventh-oldest living person in the world (among people whose birth records can be validated). She is also the last person born in 1906 to be living (among people whose birth records can be validated).

A helicopter and a single-engine Piper airplane collide in mid-air over Chandler, Arizona, close to the Chandler airport. The helicopter crashes to the ground and its two occupants are killed; the plane lands safely.

Some people in and near Huntington Beach, California, begin to smell oil. This is the first sign of a major oil spill offshore.

U.S. stock indexes rise sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 482.54 points or 1.43 percent.

Hurricane Sam increases in intensity and has 150-mph sustained winds in the Atlantic Ocean about 800 miles east of South Carolina, moving north at 20 mph.

Tropical Storm Victor strengthens and is west of Africa with 65-mph winds, moving west-northwest at 13 mph.

Eruption of a volcano continues on the island of La Palma, with a river of hot lave flowing toward, and into, the ocean, forming new land. About a thousand homes have been destroyed or damaged iy the volcano.

According to the Johns Hopkins Cornavirus Resource Center,, the number of people in the U.S. who have died from COVID-19 or its complications surpasses 700,000.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Orioles in Toronto, Canada, 6-4.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy in the early morning; clear (a few clouds and 20-mph wind gust near 1:00 pm); High temp. 73 degrees F, Low temp. 48 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

An oil spill in the Pacific Ocean off Huntington Beach, California, begins to come ashore on Orange County beaches. Oil flow is halted after about 144,000 gallons of oil leak from an undersea pipeline that leads from an offshore oil rig to land.

Hurricane Sam weakens greatly and has 125-mph sustained winds in the Atlantic Ocean about 800 miles east of North Carolina, moving northeast at 17 mph.

Tropical Depression Victor weakens greatly from a tropical storm and is west of Africa with 35-mph winds, moving northwest at 14 mph.

Eruption of a volcano continues on the island of La Palma, with a river of hot lave flowing toward, and into, the ocean, forming new land.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Orioles, 10-1. The Orioles get only two hits.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear sky with patchy shallow fog; sky becoming mostly cloudy; calm winds until 8:00 am; breezy in the early evening (17 mph gust at 7:54 pm); High temp. 80 degrees F, Low temp. 49 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Hurricane Sam weakens and has 100-mph winds and is centered about 1,000 miles east of Maryland, moving toward the east-northeast at 16 mph.

Tropical Depression Victor continues west of Africa with 35-mph winds, moving northwest.

The Ravens defeat the Denver Broncos in Denver, 23-7. The Ravens are 3-1-0 this season.

In the their final game of the 2021 season, the Orioles lose to the Blue Jays, 12-4. The Orioles finish the 2021 season with a record of 52 wins and 110 losses, the worst record in the American League in the 2021 regular season and tied with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the worst record in Major League Baseball in the 2021 regular season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy with shallow, patchy fog; then sky becoming partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy; calm winds until 11:00 am; High temp. 86 degrees F, Low temp. 57 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The U.S. Supreme Court begins its 2021 term.

Facebook and Facebook-owned websites and apps (such as Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Oculus) go down and stay down for several hours worldwide beginning at about 11:45 AM Eastern Time, and then slowly come back online.

Hurricane Sam weakens and has 90-mph winds at 8:00 pm Eastern Time and is centered about 700 miles east of Maine, moving toward the northeast at 36 mph.

The Baltimore region gets light rain showers in a few areas in the morning, then showers and thundershowers in some areas in the evening.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy; light rain shower in the early morning; High temp. 85 degrees F, Low temp. 70 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

The U.S, Coast Guard reports that a 4,000-foot section of underwater oil pipeline was dragged 105 feet along the Pacific Ocean floor off Huntington Beach, Calirornia, causing a 13-inch gash in the pipeline that released about 144,000 gallons of crude oil before being shut off. A ship's anchor may have dragged the pipeline. (The oil spill, first smelled by some people on October 1, has fouled beaches from Orange County, California, to Mexico, with oil being dispersed by thunderstorms in the area.)

Former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen testifies before a U.S. Senate subcommittee (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security) about the harm she says Facebook and its Instagram app are doing to children, especially to young girls. Haugen has leaked one Facebook study that found that 13.5 percent of teen girls say their suicidal thoughts became more frequent and that 17% of teen girls say their eating disorders got worse after using Instagram. About 32% of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, and that Instagram made them feel worse, Facebook's researchers found. She says, "It is clear that Facebook prioritizes profit over the well-being of children and all users." She also tells the subcommittee, "Facebook chooses to mislead and misdirect. Facebook has not earned our blind faith."  Facebook executive Monika Bickert says outside the hearing that the company does not place profits over safety, citing the social network's halting of political ads before the November presidential election. Lena Pietsch, a Facebook spokeswoman, says that Haugen never attended an executive-level meeting at Facebook and testified about many subjects that were outside of her expertise. She says, "We don't agree with her characterization of the many issues she testified about."

In the American League Wild Card Game, the Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees 6-2 in Boston. (The Red Sox will oppose the Tampa By Rays in one of the the American League Divisional Series beginning October 7.)

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then becoming cloudy; light drizzle in the evening; calm wind until 7:00 am; High temp. 76 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

In the National League Wild Card Game, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in Los Angeles, 3-1.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light drizzle in the morning, then becoming cloudy, then mostly cloudy; light drizzle in the evening; calm wind until 7:00 am; High temp. 74 degrees F, Low temp. 66 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace.

Floods in parts of Alabama kill at least 4 people who were trapped in their vehicles. Floods affect places in Marshall, Escambia, Jefferson, and Shelby counties including Brewton, East Brewton, Hoover, and Birmingham. There are reports of as much as 13 inches of rainfall from this storm.

In Game One of one of the American League Divisional Series, the Houston Astros defeat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 in Houston, Texas.

In Game One of the other American League Divisional Series, the Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Florida.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to cloudy; very light winds; High temp. 78 degrees F, Low temp. 64 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In Game 2 of one of the American League Division Series, the Houston Astros defeat the Chicago White Sox 9-4 in Houston, Texas. The Astros lead the series 2 games to 0.

In Game 2 of the other American League Division Series, the Red Sox defeat the Rays 14-6. The series is tied at one game each.

In Game 1 of one of the National League Division Series, the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In Game 1 of the other National League Division Series, the San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 in San Francisco, CA.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy; very light winds (calm until 11:00 am); High temp. 79 degrees F, Low temp. 62 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In college football, the University of Maryland loses to The Ohio State University, 66-17 in Columbus, Ohio. UM is 4-2 this season.

In Game 2 of one of the National League Divisional Series, the Braves defeat the Brewers, 3-0. This series is tied at one game each.

In Game 2 of the other National League Divisional Series, the Dodgers defeat the Giants, 9-2. This series is tied at one game each.

Parts of the Baltimore area get light rain and drizzle. Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy to mostly cloudy with drizzle at times; a light rain shower late in the evening; breezy from mid-morning onward (23-mph gusts near 1, 4, and 8 pm); High temp. 75 degrees F, Low temp. 65 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

In Game 3 of one of the American League Divsional Series, the Red Sox defeat the Rays, 6-4. The Red Sox lead this series 2 games to 1.

In Game 3 of the other American League Divisional Series, the White Sox defeat the Astros 12-6. The Astros lead this series 2 games to 1.

The Baltimore region has a generally cloudy day with light rain and drizzle at times. Annapolis gets 0.01 inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy to mostly cloudy; light rain and drizzle in the morning; more light rain and drizzle in the evening; breezy at times; High temp. 73 degrees F, Low temp. 65 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

At least two people are killed and several homes are damaged or destroyed, along with a box truck, when a small plane crashes into a residential neighborhood in Santee, California.

The Ravens defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 31-25, in overtime in Baltimore. The Ravens had been behind 25-9 in this game before making a comeback, helped by a missed Colts field goal at the end of the 4th quarter and a blocked Colts field-goal attempt earlier in the game. The Ravens are 4-1-0 this season.

In Game 4 of one of the American League Divisional Series, the Red Sox defeat the Rays 6-5 in Boston, MA. The Red Sox win this series 3 games to 1.

In Game 3 of one of the National League Divisional Series, the Braves defeat the Brewers 3-0 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves lead this series 2 games to 1.

In Game 3 of one of the other National  League Divisional Series, the Giants defeat the Dodgers 1-0. The Giants lead the series 2 games to 1.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy; breezy in the morning (19-mph gust at 3:54 am); High temp. 70 degrees F, Low temp. 65 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In Game 4 of one of the National League League Divisional Series, the Braves defeat the Brewers 5-4. The Braves win this series 3 games to 1.

In Game 4 of the other National League Divisional Series, the Dodgers defeat the Giants 7-2. This series is tied at 2 games each.

In Game 4 of one of the American League Divisional Series, the Astros defeat the White Sox 10-1. The Astros win this series 3 games to 1. (The Houston Astros will face the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.)

The Baltimore area gets drizzle and rain showers. Annapolis gets 0.13 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then cloudy to mostly cloudy, light drizzle in the morning, a light rain shower in late evening; High temp. 73 degrees F, Low temp. 63 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

The Blue Origin space capsule, part of the New Shepard program, takes off from a lunch pad in west Texas on a 10-minute trip to the edges of outer space, and then lands safely back on Earth relatively close to the launch pad.  Among the 4 passengers is William Shatner, "Star Trek" star who, at age 90, becomes the oldest person ever to travel in space. Also on board is Maryland native Audrey Powers (who attended Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville in the early 1990s) who is a Blue Origin vice president of Legal & Compliance and who oversees New Shepard operations, and two paying customers: Chris Boshuizen, a co-founder of the Earth-observation company Planet Labs, and Glen de Vries, a co-founder of a software company.

In Norway, a man kills at least five people using a bow with arrows.

The Baltimore region gets drizzle and light rain showers in some spots, especially in the morning. Annapolis gets 0.04 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy with fog, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy; misty in the early morning; High temp. 74 degrees F, Low temp. 61 degrees F, Precipitation: None

In Taiwan, a fire in a highrise residential and commercial building kills at least 46 people.

In Game 5 of one of the National League Divisional Series, the Dodgers defeat the Giants 2-1. The Dodgers win the series 3 games to 2, and they will meet the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship eries (NLCS).

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Fog and mist, then mostly cloudy, then clear; briefly windy (25 mph wind gust at 12:54 pm); High temp. 81 degrees F, Low temp. 57 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In Game 1 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Houston Astros defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 in Houston, Texas.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 85 degrees F, Low temp. 58 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In Game 2 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Red Sox defeat the Astros 9-5. The series is tied at one game each.

In Game 1 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Atlanta Braves defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Baltimore region has rain showers, some heavy, in the afternoon into early evening, then turning colder. Annapolis gets 0.24 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.14 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then cloudy; rain showers in the afternoon, then partly cloudy, then becoming clear; breezy in late morning and early afternoon (32 mph gust at 2:47 pm); High temp. 83 degrees F, Low temp. 50 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.21 inch.

The Ravens defeat the Los Angeles Chargers 34-6 in Baltimore. The Ravens are 5-1-0 this season.

In Game 2 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Atlanta Braves defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4. The Braves lead the series 2 games to 0.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy/windy from late morning until evening (gust of 31 mph at 2:54 pm); High temp. 67 degrees F, Low temp. 49 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Colin Powell dies at age 84 from complications of COVID-19 in Bethesda, Maryland, even though he had been fully caccinated against COVID-19. He was a politician, diplomat, statesman, and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. Prior to the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008, he and his successor, Condoleezza Rice, were the highest-ranking African Americans in federal executive branch history (by virtue of the Secretary of State standing fourth in the presidential line of suocession). He served as the 16th United States National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. He was born on April 5, 1937 in New York, NY.

In Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Houston Astros 12-3 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. The Red Sos score 6 runs in the second inning, including a grand slam, and 3 runs in the third inning, to lead 9-0 at that point, before tha Astros hit a 3-run homer for their only 3 runs. The Red Sox lead this series 2 games to 1.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy from mid-morning to late afternoon (gust of 31 mph at 11:54 pm); High temp. 70 degrees F, Low temp. 46 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

An airplane with 21 people on board crashes in a field near Houston Executive Airport in Brookshire just west of Katy, Texas, injuring two people. All people on board escape safely even though the plane beccomes engulfed in flames after the crash. The plane strikes a fence just beyond the end of the runway while attempting to take off. The passengers were planning to fly to Boston, MA, to watch Game 4 of the American League Championshop Series: Houston Astros against the Red Sox.

The January 6 select committee investigating the riot on the U.S. Capitol votes to hold White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the select committee.

The U.S. FBI announces that it has raided the Washington, D.C. house of Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin ally Oleg Deripaska, who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018.

Global investment bank Credit Suisse agrees to pay a US$475 million fine to U.S. and British authorities after pleading guilty to conspiring wire fraud toward investors that violated the anti-corruption law of Mozambique regarding bond offerings.

UNICEF says that 10,000 children have been either killed or injured in Yemen since Saudi Arabia entered the country to support it in 2015, in reaction to the Islamist Houthis' ousting of the government. This equates to an average of four children killed or injured every day since the start of the conflict.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi says that he plans to visit Iran by the end of November in an effort to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Three people are charged in Germany for killing and causing an explosion by recklessness at a chemical park in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in July. Seven people were killed and 31 others were injured.

The Brazilian Senate releases a report recommending that President Jair Bolsonaro faces criminal charges for homicide regarding his response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Mali defense minister Sadio Camara confirms that the Islamic branch of the government is willing to negotiate with the local affiliate of al-Qaeda, a move that is strongly opposed by France.

In Game 4 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Houston Astros defeat the Boston Red Sox 8-2. The Astros score 7 runs in the 9th inning. The series is tied at 2 games each.

In Game 3 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. The Dodgers score 4 runs in the 8th inning to overcome a 3-run deficit. The Braves lead the series, 2 games to 1.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, breezy in the late morning and afternoon (a gust of 23 mph at 4:54 pm); High temp. 74 degrees F, Low temp. 43 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. President Joe Biden visits Scranton, PA, where he was born and spent the first ten years of his life, and gives a speech that highlights his infrastructure proposal.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris turns 57 years of age.

Nikolas Jacob Cruz, accused of the 2018 mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, pleads guilty on all 34 charges.

Two bombs attached to a military bus detonate as it passes under Jisr al-Rais bridge in Damascus, Syria, killing 14 people. Minutes later, military shellfire kills at least 10 civilians in Ariha, Idlib Governorate, Syria.

Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, erupts, sending smoke more than 2 miles into the sky. The eruption begins around noon local time. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says that there are no reports of injuries but says he heard there were climbers on the mountain before the eruption and they are checking the situation.

The death toll due to floods and landslides in western Nepal increases to 77. The government has pledged aid to the hardest-hit areas.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts its nationwide curfew that had been in place since March 2020 and allows places of worship to be filled two-thirds of their capacity as the number of COVID-19 cases declines.

Senegal reports a daily total of zero COVID-19 cases for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approves the cabinet proposal for non-working days for employees from October 31 until November 7 amid persistent rise of COVID-19 cases and deaths, which hit a record 1,028 deaths in a single day.

The Serbian government decides to introduce COVID-19 health passes for all indoor cafés and restaurants, which will be mandatory for entering these places beginning from October 23 at 10:00 p.m.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin says he will not attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, "seriously weakening hopes of a breakthrough international deal" on climate change.

In Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Houston Astros defeat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 in Boston. The Astros lead the series 3 games to 2.

In Game 4 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Atlanta Braves defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2. The Braves lead the series 3 games to 2.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 78 degrees F, Low temp. 52 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. President Joe Biden comes to Baltimore to talk with city officials and then to participate in a CNN town hall. He talks about his infrastructure bill and other initiatives, providing new insight into Democratic negotiations over his sweeping economic plan for the country. He also answers questions from staff and students of Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins Uiversity.

Actor Alec Baldwin is filming on the set of the upcoming Western film Rust at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he discharges a prop firearm, seriously injuring 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring 48-year-old director Joel Souza, who is also the film's writer and producer. Immediately after the incident, Hutchins is transported to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque via helicopter; Souza is transported by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe. Hutchins later dies from her injuries at the hospital. Baldwin is questioned and released without charges filed. According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, they had begun investigating "what type of projectile was discharged" and how the event occurred. Souza is released from the hospital.

On this day, all four major professional team sports in the U.S. & Canada -- MLB (baseball), NBA (basketball), NFL (football), and NHL (hockey) -- play at least one game. This is the first so-called "sports equinox" of this year, and it happens zero to two times a year, usually in the fall.

In Game 5 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Los Angeles Dodgers win against the Atlanta Braves 11-2. The Braves lead the series 3 games to 2.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; briefly breezy in late afternoon (17 mph gust at 4:54 pm); High temp. 78 degrees F, Low temp. 47 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

In Game 6 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Houston Astros defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Houston, Texas. The Red Sox get only two hits, and none until the 6th inning. The Astros win the series 4 games to 2, and will play in the 2021 World Series.

Some parts of the Baltimore region get light rain showers, mist or drizzle. Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 72 degrees F, Low temp. 51 degrees F; Precipitation: None.

In Game 6 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Atlanta Braves defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves win the series 4 games to 2, and will go to the World Series against the Houston Astros.

Much of the Baltimore region gets rain showers in the afternoon, although they largely miss the southern sections. Baltimore (city) gets up to 0.15 inches of rain; Nottingham gets 0.09 inches of rain, Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Variable cloudiness; a light rain shower in the afternoon; breezy at times in the afternoon (23-mph gust at 3:54 pm); High temp. 68 degrees F, Low temp. 52 degrees F; Precipitation: Trace.

The Ravens lose to the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore, 41-17. The Ravens led the game 17-14 at one point. The Ravens are 5-2-0 this season.

A series of two heavy rainstorms begins to impact northern California. Flooding and rockslides result.

Parts of the Baltimore region get light rain or drizzle, especially in the morning. Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then partly cloudy, then partly to mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy; light rain showers in the morning; High temp. 67 degrees F, Low temp. 48 degrees F; Precipitation: Trace.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 80 degrees F, breaking the previous October 25 high-temperature record for Baltimore of 77 degrees F recorded on October 25, 1931 and earlier on October 25, 1875.

The Baltimore region gets showers and thunderstorms, some of them heavy, especially in the evening. Precipitation initially spreads over the area from south to north. Precipitation amounts of about 2 inches are common. Annapolis gets 1.80 inches of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then becoming cloudy; rain (heavy at times) in the evening; breezy from late morning to evening (33 mph gust); High temp. 80 degrees F, Low temp. 55 degrees F; Precipitation: 1.96 inches.

In Game 1 of the 2021 World Series, the Atlanta Braves defeat the Houston Astros 6-2 in Houston, Texas.  Jorge Soler of the Braves hits a leadoff home run in the game, the first time ever that a player leads off the World Series with a home run. Pitcher Charlie Morton of the Astros fractures a bone in his right leg.

Much of the Baltimore region gets rain showers in the early morning as a major storm ends. Some areas, especially northern ones, get light rain shpwers in the afternoon. Annapolis gets 0.05 inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy to cloudy; light rain in the early morning; windy/breezy from mid-morning onward (44-mph gust at 3:54 pm);  High temp. 68 degrees F, Low temp. 52 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.02 inch.

In Game 2 of the World Series, the Astros defeat the Braves 7-2. The Series is tied at one game apiece.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy/windy until evening (29-mph gusts at 8:54 and 9:54 pm); High temp. 73 degrees F, Low temp. 51 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

Facebook, Inc. changes its company name to Meta Platforms, Inc. However, the company's social-media platforms and brands (Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus, etc.) keep their respective names.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming cloudy; light drizzle late in the evening; High temp. 67 degrees F, Low temp. 47 degrees F, Precipitation: Trace

U.S. President Joe Biden meets in Rome, Italy, with Pope Francis. He also meets with French president Emmanuel Macron.

A very strong windstorm hits southeastern Australia including Melbourne. Wind gusts of more than 100 miles per hour cause widespread damage.

In Game 3 of the World Series, the Atlanta Braves defeat the Houston Astros 2-0. The game is played at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia (near Atlanta). The Braves lead the Series 2 games to 1.

The Baltimore region gets heavy rain and strong winds. One-and-a-half to four inches of rain are common in the area. Tidal flooding occurs, with tides 2 to 4 feet above normal, inundating some streets in Annapolis, Millers Island, Havre de Grace, and elsewhere in the Baltimore area and along the Chesapeake bay and tidal estuaries such as the Patapsco River at the Inner Harbor of Baltimore.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain in the morning, becoming heavy at times in the afternoon and evening; windy/breezy much of the day (41-mph gusts at 10:46 and 10:54 am); High temp. 60 degrees F, Low temp. 56 degrees F, Precipitation: 3.01 inches.

U.S. President Joe Biden attends the G20 conference in Rome, Italy. It is intended to being together the heads of the countries with the 20 biggest economies, but the heads of both China and Russia do not attend.

In Game 4 of the World Series, the Braves defeat the Astros 3-2 after the Astros had taken a 2-0 lead. The Braves lead the Series 3 games to 1.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly to partly cloudy; then cloudy, then partly cloudy; a light rain shower in the early morning; breezy in the early afternoon (17 mph gust at 12:54 pm); High temp. 64 degrees F, Low temp. 52 degrees F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, begins in Glasgow, Scotland.  It is the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference.

In Game 5 of the World Series, the Astros defeat the Braves 9-5, even though the Braves jump out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on a grand slam. The Braves lead the Series, 3 games to 2.

The Baltimore region gets mist or drizzle in some areas.

The Ravens have a bye this week, so they do not play.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, then becoming clear; breezy in the afternoon to early evening (25 mph gusts max.); High temp. 69 degrees F, Low temp. 50 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during October 2021 is 5.24 inches.

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference continues.  U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as do other heads of state.

In Lagos, Nigeria, a 21-story building under construction collapses and kills at least 5 people, but many more are missing.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly to mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy; windy/breezy from late morning to mid-afternoon (29-mph gust at 10:54 am); High temp. 62 F, Low temp. 43 F, Precipitation: None.

The Atlanta Braves win the 2021 World Series, 4 games to 2, by defeating the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 in Houston, Texas.

The Baltimore area gets light rain from late morning until evening.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then partly cloudy, then clear; light rain from late morning until evening; High temp. 52 F, Low temp. 39 F, Precipitation: 0.15 inch.

In the morning, some parts of the Baltimore metro area, especially north and west of Baltimore, experience their first killing frost of the season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy; breezy in the late morning and early afternoon (21-mph gusts at 12:54 pm and 1:54 pm); High temp. 54 F, Low temp. 34 F, Precipitation: None.

In Houston, Texas, at least 8 people are killed and hundreds more are injured when audience members rush the stage during the Astroworld music concert.

In Wellington, Sierra Leone, at least 98 people are killed when a gasoline tanker truck collides with another truck at a busy intersection, setting the tanker truck on fire and causing it to explode. Some people attempt to obtain gasoline from the ruptured and leaking tanker truck as it explodes. Another 30 people are critically wounded.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 56 F, Low temp. 29 F, Precipitation: None.

In Baltimore, the Ravens defeat the Minnesota Vikings 34-31 in overtime on a Justin Tucker field goal. The Ravens are 6-2-0 this season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 59° F, Low temp. 32° F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Port of Baltimore and gives a speech about the infrastructure bill that will pour billions of dollars into the port and elsewhere to improve existing infrastructure and to create new infrastructure, and create jobs.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to cloudy, then clear; light rain shower in the morning; High temp. 73° F, Low temp. 45° F, Precipitation: Trace.

The Ravens lose to the Miami Dolphins 22-10  in a game played in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Ravens are 6-3-0 this season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy to cloudy; High temp. 69° F, Low temp. 43° F, Precipitation: None.

The Baltimore region gets rain, heavy at times, although amounts vary widely within the region. BWI Airport gets 0.99 of an inch, but Annapolis gets 0.33 of an inch and Nottingham gets 0.55 of an inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy with rain (heavy at times) in the morning, then becoming clear; breezy at midday (18-mph gust at 12:54 PM); High temp. 65° F, Low temp. 42° F, Precipitation: 0.99 inch.

The Baltimore region gets brief light rain showers at midday, accompanied and followed by strong winds.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then foggy, then mostly cloudy; then clear; a light rain shower in the early afternoon; windy from late morning until evening (21-mph sustained wind and 41-mph gust at 12:08 pm); High temp. 54 F, Low temp. 36° F, Precipitation: 0.02 inch.

Parts of the Baltimore region get light rain or sprinkles, especially in the evening.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy; breezy at times in the afternoon (21-mph gusts max.); High temp. 50° F, Low temp. 29° F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. President Joe Biden signs into law a one-trillion-dollar infrastructure package.

Heavy rainstorms in the Pacific Northwest lead to flooding and landslides in parts of the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, and also in British Columbia, Canada. It's the rainiest autumn in Seattle, Washington's history.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly coudy, then clear, then partly cloudy; windy/breezy most of the day (22-mph sustained wind & 35-mph gust at 12:54 pm); High temp. 50° F, Low temp. 34° F, Precipitation: None.

A former Baltimore County policeman, his two daughters aged 6 and 7, and his female accomplice who had currently been a Baltimore County police officer, are all found shot in a car in Washington County, Maryland, with three of them being found dead. The fourth wounded passenger, the 7-year-old daughter, is airlifted to a shock trauma center but dies of her injuries there. (Earlier, the two adults had kidnapped the man's daughters from his estranged wife near York, PA.) The stolen car in which they are riding, with the female accomplice as the driver, begins to slow down and then stop as Pennsylvania State Police cruisers close in on them with lights flashing. The car shows no signs of braking or evasive action but it comes to a stop beside a road. Police and others theorize that all four people were shot in the car as it was moving, with the former policeman taking his own life.

After a milder-than-normal morning and afternoon, the Baltimore region gets light rain showers in the evening in some areas, accompanied by strong winds as a cold front comes through. Annapolis gets 0.01 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Shallow fog, then clear, then becoming cloudy, then mostly cloudy; light rain showers in the evening; windy/breezy from late morning to mid-afternoon and from early evening onward (24 mph susained wind and 38-mph gust at 8:54 pm); High temp. 74° F, Low temp. 45° F, Precipitation: Trace.

The U.S. House of representatives passes a $1.9-trillion "Build Back Better" social-program and climate-change bill, and sends it to the U.S. Senate.

U.S. president Joe Biden briefly gives his presidential powers to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, before he (Biden) goes under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy as part of a physical examination.  It's the first time ever that a woman has held U.S. presidential powers. Joe Biden's doctors announce that he is in good health and fit to govern.

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, a jury finds 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of murder and attempted murder from the incident on August 25, 2020, in which he shot and killed two men with an assault rifle and wounded a third, during a Black Lives Matter protest (after the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake by a police officer in Kenosha on August 23, 2020, that left Blake partially paralyzed). Kyle Rittenhouse stated in court that he was acting in self-defense and that the men were threatening him.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy; windy/breezy until late afternoon (20-mph sustained wind and 35-mph gust at 8:54 am); High temp. 49° F, Low temp. 33° F, Precipitation: None.

U.S. Presisent Joe Biden turns 79 years of age.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy to cloudy, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 48° F, Low temp. 27° F, Precipitation: None.

The Ravens defeat the Chicago Bears, 16-13, at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. The Ravens are 7-3-0 this season.

A vehicle plows through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing at least 6 people and injuring at least 47 others.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain late in the evening; High temp. 54° F, Low temp. 31° F, Precipitation: Trace.

The Baltimore area gets light rain in the morning. Annapolis gets 0.03 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.11 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain in the morning, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then clear; breezy/windy from late morning until mid-evening (28-mph gust at 3:54 pm); High temp. 53° F, Low temp. 33° F, Precipitation: 0.06 inch.

At least 46 people die when a bus crashes and catches fire after running off a highway near Sofia, Bulgaria. A few people are able to eacape after shattering a window.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy/windy from mid-morning to mid-afternoon (20-mph sustained wind & 29-mph gust at 12:54 pm); High temp. 46° F, Low temp. 29° F, Precipitation: None.

Scientists in South Africa identify a new COVID-19 variant that may be more transmissible and resistant to vaccine than any variant seen yet. This variant is spreading fast in South Africa and has also been found in several other countries in Africa and Europe.

An explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, Russia, kills at least 51 people.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain in late evening; High temp. 57° F, Low temp. 29° F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

The U.S. stock markets have their largest one-day percentage declines since February 2021, on worries about a new COVID-19 variant (named omicron) first found in Botswana and first reported by South Africa. The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 905.04 points (2.53 percent). The S & P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite each fall more than 2 percent, as well.

Stephen Sondheim dies at age 91 in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was a composer and lyricist whose career spanned nearly 70 years: 1952 to 2021. One of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, Sondheim is praised for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackled "unexpected themes that range far beyond the [genre's] traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication." His shows address "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience," with songs often tinged with "ambivalence^" about various aspects of life. Among his works are:  West Side Story, Gypsy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Into the Woods, and Merrily We Roll Along. He was born on March 22, 1930, in Manhattan, New York, NY.

The Baltimore region gets light rain in the morning, followed by clearing and windy conditions. Annapolis get 0.21 of an inch of rain; Nottingham gets 0.11 of an  inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain in the early morning, then clearing, then cloudy, then light rain later in the morning; then becoming clear; windy from about 6:00 AM onward (23-mph sustained wind and 43-mph gust at 11:54 AM); High temp. 48° F, Low temp. 36° F, Precipitation: 0.10 inch.

The Ravens defeat the Cleveland Browns, 16-10, in Baltimore. The Ravens are 8-3 this season.

Most of the Baltimore region gets light snow or snow flurries in the early morning.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear, then partly cloudy, then cloudy; snow flurries at 2:00 am; ; High temp. 58° F, Low temp. 32° F, Precipitation: Trace.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear, then partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy; breezy/windy in the early morning and at midday (22 mph sustained wind & 30-mph gust at 1:54 pm); High temp. 47° F, Low temp. 31° F, Precipitation: None.

Four students are killed and seven injured when a 15-year-old student opens fire with a semi-automatic pistol at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, about 30 miles north of Detroit.

Consumer prices in the U.S. rise 6.8 percent for the 12-month period ending November 30, 2021. It's the greatest one-year rise since 1981-1982.

Moderna's CEO Stéphane Bancel predicts that existing COVID-19 vaccines will be much less effective against the new omicron variant than against previous variants.

Stock markets in the U.S. and around the world drop sharply on worries about the effectiveness of current COVID-19 vaccines against the new omicron variant. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 652.22 points (1.86 percent); the S&P 500 falls 1.90 percent; and the NASDAQ Composite falls 1.55 percent.

Barbados becomes a republic, removing Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.

Portions of the Baltimore metro area get snow flurries or sprinkles in the morning.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, then becoming clear; light snow flurries at 8:54 am; High temp. 50° F, Low temp. 30° F, Precipitation: Trace.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during November 2021 is 1.33 inches, about one-third of the normal amount for November.  Annapolis has only 0.71 of an inch of precipitation in November 2021.

The U.S. discovers its first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19. It's a person living in or near San Francisco, CA, who had visited South Africa and then developed minor symptoms upon returning to the U.S.

After being ahead more than 500 points at midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls about 900 points in the afternoon to end the trading session down 461.88 points (1.31 percent) from yesterday'a closing value, on news that the U.S. has discovered its first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19.  Other U.S. stock indexes also lose between one and two percent.

Much of the Baltimore region gets light rain showers in the evening. Annapolis gets 0.01 of an inch of rain; Perry Hall and Nottingham each get a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then becoming cloudy; light rain showers late in the evening; High temp. 57° F, Low temp. 26° F, Precipitation: Trace.

Minnesota and New York join California as U.S. states with at least one case of the omicron variant of COVID-19. New York reports five cases.

Major League Baseball officially implements a lockout of the players after negitiations fail. During the lockout, no players can be traded or signed by the teams. The players are demanding, among other things: a shorter amount of time playing in the major leagues in order to qualify for free agency; higher minimum salaries for players; and an increase in the number of teams qualifying for postseason playoffs.

Much of the Baltimore metro area gets light rain in the early morning.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy to mostly cloudy, becoming clear; light rain showers in the early morning and early evening; breezy/windy from early afternoon onward (21 mph sustained wind and 32 mph gust at 8:54 pm); High temp. 66° F, Low temp. 43° F, Precipitation: Trace.

The first three cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 are found in Maryland. All are in the Baltimore metro area. Also: New Jersey, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Utah report their first cases of the omicron variant.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly to mostly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy; breezy at times in the early morning, late morning and early afternoon (29-mph gust at 3:54 am); High temp. 59° F, Low temp. 42° F, Precipitation: None.

The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been found in 13 U.S. states and more than 30 countries worldwide.

A blizzard warning goes into effect for the high elevations in Hawaii (Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa), with extremely strong winds (100 mph) and up to a foot of snow predicted for December 4 though 6. Other parts of Hawaii are predicted to receive heavy rain that could cause flooding.

At least 13 people are killed as the volcano Mount Semeru erupts on the island of Java in Indonesia, sending ash several miles into the air. At least one village is buried by ash and mud.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, becoming clear; High temp. 60° F, Low temp. 38° F, Precipitation: None.

The Ravens lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 20-19, in Pittsburgh, PA. The Ravens score a touchdown with less than 30 seconds left in the game. Instead of kicking a point after the touchdown, which would have tied the game if made, the Ravens attempt a two-point conversion, which fails. The Ravens are 8-4-0 this season.

Bob Dole dies of lung cancer at age 98. He was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three nonconsecutive years as Senate Majority Leader. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was also the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election (losing to incumbent U.S. President Bill Clinton) and the vice presidential nominee in the 1976 election (losing on a ticket headed by U.S. President Gerald Ford). He was born Robert Joseph Dole on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas.

Heavy wrain and strong winds hit part of Hawaii.

There are light rain showers in portions of the Baltimore metro area. Annapolis gets a trace of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming mostly cloudy to cloudy; High temp. 52° F, Low temp. 31° F, Precipitation: None.

The horse Medina Spirit collapses and dies after a 5-furlong workout at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The cause of death is ruled a heart attack. The 3-year-old horse won this year's Kentucky Derby held on May 1st at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, but he later finished in third place in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

A few parts of the Baltimore area get light rain or sprinkles in the morning. Much of the Baltimore region gets light rain accompanied by strong winds in the early evening; the entire area gets strong winds in the evening as a cold front comes through.

Heavy rain and strong winds up to 80 mph hit parts of Hawaii, causing some downed power and telephone lines.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, then partly cloudy to mostly cloudy; a light rain shower at 9:44 am; squalls (light rain and strong winds) at 8:00 pm; breezy/windy from late morning onward (33 mph gusts at 10:54 am & 1:54 pm; 32 mph sustained wind and 47 mph gust at 6:54 pm; 51 mph gust max.); High temp. 70° F, Low temp. 41° F, Precipitation: Trace.

U.S. President Joe Biden lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate the people who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago (December 7, 1941).

Heavy rain continues over parts of Hawaii, with flooding in some places.

The number of deaths from a recent volcanic eruption in Indonesia reaches 41.

At least 38 people are killed and dozens more are injured in a large prison fire in Burundi.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, then cloudy; breezy at midday (20 mph gust at 11:54 am); High temp. 43° F, Low temp. 31° F, Precipitation: None.

Olaf Scholz takes office as Germany's new chancellor, succeeding Angela Merkel who served 16 years in the office.

General Bipin Rawat, his wife and eleven other people of the Indian armed forces are killed in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, India. He was 63 years old and was India's highest-ranking military official. He was leading efforts to modernize India's armed forces.

Portions of the Baltimore metropolitan area get light snow showers (a dusting at most) and/or light rain showers, especially northern and western regions.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, becoming clear; breezy/windy in late evening (28 mph gust at 9:54 pm); High temp. 43° F, Low temp. 35° F, Precipitation: None.

MGM National Harbor becomes the first Maryland casino to offer sports betting. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is the first person to place a sports bet there. He bets that the Baltimore Ravens will face the Washington Football Team in this coming Super Bowl.

A casket bearing the body of Bob Dole, who had been a U.S. Senator, is brought into the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., by U.S. military members, to lie in state. Some people (including U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris) honor his life by giving speeches.

Actor Jussie Smollett is found guilty on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for filing false police reports -- stemming from an incident occurring in Chicago, Illinois, on January 29, 2019, in which he reported a hate crime against himself that was fake.

At least 55 people are killed and more than 100 are injured when a tractor-trailer full of migrants crashes and overturns in southern Mexico.

Al Unser Sr. dies at age 82 in Chama, New Mexico. He was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men (A. J. Foyt, himself, Rick Mears and Hélio Castroneves) to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987), the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and won the National Championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985. The Unser family has won the Indy 500 a record nine times. He was the only person to have both a sibling (Bobby) and child (Al Jr.) as fellow Indy 500 winners (coincidentally, all three captured their final Indy 500 wins racing for Team Penske). Al's nephews Johnny and Robby Unser have also competed in that race. After his son Al Unser Jr. joined the national championship circuit in 1983, Unser was generally known by the retronymic name of "Al Unser Sr." or "Big Al." He was born Alfred Unser on May 29, 1939 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Demaryius Thomas dies at age 33 in Roswell, Georgia. He was an American professional football player. Nicknamed "Bay Bay," he was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and was drafted by the Broncos in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. With Denver, Thomas made four Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers. He also played for the Houston Texans, New England Patriots, and New York Jets. He was born Demaryius Antwon Thomas on December 25, 1987 in Montrose, Georgia.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming cloudy, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 43° F, Low temp. 26° F, Precipitation: None.

Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore and the Live! casino in Hanover, MD, become the second and third casinos in Maryland to offer sports betting, one day after MGM National Harbor became the first.

The casket bearing the body of Bob Dole, who had been a U.S. Senator, is brought into the Washington National Cathedral. A funeral service for Bob Dole is held in the cathedral. Several people give speeches. After the funeral service, the casket with Bob Dole's body is transported to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where Bob Dole's widow Elizabeth Dole and daughter Robin Dole lay a wreath, and more speeches are made.

A large group of tornadoes moves through parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky this evening and into the next morning. The most deaths and greatest amount of damage are in Mayfield, Kentucky, a city of about 10,000 people. A tornado tears a swath though the city, damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings including the police station and vehicles; also damaging the water tower and cutting off water and electricity in the city. It also causes the roof of a candle factory to collapse, trapping several dozen people for a time and killing at least six people. In Edwardsville, Illinois, a tornado partially destroys an Amazon warehouse/distribution center, killing at least six workers. In Monette, Arkansas, a tornado damages a nursing home, killing at least one person.

Heavy rains cause flooding of roads and homes in northern Spain, killing at least one person.

Michael Nesmith dies at age 78 in Carmel Valley, California. He was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Nesmith's songwriting credits include "Different Drum," which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. After the breakup of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne," and then as a solo artist. He played a 12-string guitar, performing on a custom-built Gretsch electric during his time with the Monkees and various 12-string acoustic models during his post-Monkees career.  He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984). In 1981, Nesmith won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was born Robert Michael Nesmith on December 30, 1942 in Houston, Texas.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then clear, then cloudy; light rain late in the evening; High temp. 50° F, Low temp. 38° F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

Tornadoes continue their destruction into the early morning, especiallly in Kentucky. (See the previous day.) Preliminary death estimates from the tornadoes range from 70 to more than 100. One of the tornadoes may have the longest path (over 200 miles) in U.S. history, if confirmed to be a single tornado. 

Blue Origin launches a New Shepard space vehicle with "Good Morning America" host Michael Strahan and five others aboard, from the launch pad at Van Horn, Texas. The flight lasts just over ten minutes from liftoff to landing.

Anne Rice dies at age 80 in Rancho Mirage, California. She was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature. She was best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations—Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned. She was born on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Baltimore region gets rain showers, mainly in the evening, followed by strong winds. Annapolis gets 0.12 of an inch of rain; Perry Hall gets 0.11 of an inch of rain.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 70° F, the highest tmperature ever for Baltimore on any December 11th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This high temperature breaks the previous record of 69° F recorded in Baltimore on December 11, 1979.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; light drizzle at 4:54 am, rain showers in the evening; windy in the evening (51 mph gust at 10:05 pm); High temp. 70° F, Low temp. 45° F, Precipitation: 0.12 inch.

The Ravens lose to the Clevland Browns at Cleveland, 24-22. The Ravens are 8-5 this season.

Bernie Fowler dies at age 97 in Dares Beach, Maryland. He was Calvert County (Maryland) Commissioner in the 1970s and a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate from 1983 to 1994. He made cleanup of the Patuxent River (the largest river entirely within Maryland) a big priority. He was born Clyde Bernard Fowler on March 30, 1924 in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; breezy/windy until early afternoon (36 mph gust at 12:54 am); High temp. 50° F, Low temp. 30° F, Precipitation: None.

Ongoing floods in South Sudan, and in particular the northern state of Unity, are displacing thousands of people from their homes.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy to mostly cloudy; High temp. 57° F, Low temp. 28° F, Precipitation: None.

The total number of people in the U.S. who have been killed by COVID-19 or its complications moves past 800,000 according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

Heavy rains in Southern California cause flooding and some mudslides, and prompt some water rescues.

More than 60 people die after a tanker truck carryng gasoline overturns and explodes in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. People are attempting to obtain leaking gasoline from the damaged truck when it explodes.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then clear; briefly breezy late in the morning (20 mph gust at 11:54 am); High temp. 59° F, Low temp. 29° F, Precipitation: None.

A storm system in the western U.S. and Great Plains causes destruction. Winds of 100 mph cause power outages in the Denver, Colorado, area and nearby areas. There are blizzards in the Dakotas and Nebraska and into Minnesota. Dust storms and thunderstorms occur from Kansas through Iowa. Tornadoes hit Iowa.

About 770 people are rescued from the rooftop of a burning high-rise building in Hong Kong.

All nine people on board a private jet that had been bound for Miami, Florida, are killed when it crashes in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, after circling back to Las Américas International Airport where it had taken off, and attempting an emergency landing.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 58° F, Low temp. 30° F, Precipitation: None.

Typhoon Rai (also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette) makes landfall in the Philippines. It is a Category 5 storm with sustained 1-minute winds of 160 mph, at one point. The typhoon kills at least 376 people and causes extensive damage in the southern Philappines, including damaged or destroyed buildings, downed trees, flooding, and loss of electrical power.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, then cloudy; breezy at times (25 mph gust at 8:54 pm); High temp. 67° F, Low temp. 42° F, Precipitation: None.

The major professional sports leagues NFL, NBA, and NHL all have some players out on COVID-19 protocol and some games postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain in the early morning, then cloudy; High temp. 55° F, Low temp. 46° F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

The Ravens lose to the Green Bay Packers in Baltimore, 31-30. The Ravens score a touchdown with less than a minute left in the game, then they try a 2-point conversion, which fails. The Ravens have lost 3 games in a row and are 8-6 this season.

Gabriel Boric is elected the next president of Chile. At age 35, he will be the youngest Chilean president ever when he takes office in March 2022.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; light rain showers in mid-morning; breezy/windy from early morning to mid-afternoon (29 mph gust at 3:54 am); High temp. 54° F, Low temp. 32° F, Precipitation: Trace.

Some places in the northern half of the Baltimore metro area have morning low temperatures in the teens. Aberdeen Proving Ground has a low of 17° F.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear most of the day, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 41° F, Low temp. 24° F, Precipitation: None.

The Baltimore region gets light rain in the evening; Annapolis gets 0.06 inch; Perry Hall gets 0.05 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light drizzle in the evening and then light rain; High temp. 41° F, Low temp. 25° F, Precipitation: 0.11 inch.

Today, the U.S. has more than 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths.

Flash floods from heavy rains hit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Baltimore region gets light rain in the early morning; Annapolis gets 0.04 inch; Perry Hall gets 0.19 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; light drizzle in the early morning; breezy/windy from late morning until early evening (22 mph sustained wind and 39 mph gust at 2:54 pm); High temp. 50° F, Low temp. 30° F, Precipitation: 0.03 inch.

An explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil oil refinery in Baytown, Texas, injures at least four people.

A jury finds former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kimberly Potter guilty of first-degree and second-dgree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old biracial black man she had pulled over (on April 11, 2021) for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror (illegal in Minnesota) and for having expired license tags. When he struggled with officers, she shot him at close range with her gun that she said she had mistaken for her Taser.

A storm system is affecting parts of the U.S. West Coast and some places inland of there. Up to 9 feet of snow is expected in some mountainous areas.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; briefly breezy late in the morning (18 mph gust at 10:54 am); High temp. 42° F, Low temp. 25° F, Precipitation: None.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is launched at 12:20 UTC by an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America, and is released from the upper stage 27 minutes later. The telescope is confirmed to be receiving power, and is traveling to its target destination.

Most of the Baltimore region gets light rain in the evening. Annapolis gets 0.13 of an inch of rain; Perry Hall gets 0.01 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then partly cloudy, then clear; rain showers from late afternoon to mid-evening; breezy at midday (23 mph gusts max.); High temp. 68° F, Low temp. 43° F, Precipitation: 0.17 inch.

The Ravens lose to the Cincinnati Bengals at Cincinnati, 41-21. They play without their primary quarterback Lamar Jackson and their backup quarterback Tyler Huntley, playing instead with quarteback Josh Johnson, who had been signed by the Ravens 10 days earlier.  The Ravens have lost 4 games in a row and are 8-7-0 this season.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; then partly cloudy; briefly breezy at midday (14 mph at 12:54 pm); High temp. 60° F, Low temp. 42° F, Precipitation: None.

A storm system brings heavy rain and snow, and a cold wave, to the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Seattle, Washington, sets a record-low temperature of 17° F for this date, while Bellingham, Washington, ties a record-low temperature of 7° F.  In the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, up to 11 feet of snow falls, breaking a record set in 1970.

A light plane crasheds near the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, California, killing all four people on board, including two crew and two flight nurses. The Learject crashes 1.4 miles short of the runway, erupting in a fireball. One house is damaged and power lines are downed, resulting in electricity outages for several houses near the crash site.

A gunman in Denver, Colorado and vicinity kills at least four people and injures several others.

Extensive flooding from heavy rains strikes northeastern Brazil, including the city of Belo Horizonte.

The Baltimore region gets light rain and/or snow in the morning. Some areas, especially in the northwest and north, get briefly accumulating snow (less than one inch).

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain, snow and sleet at midday; High temp. 43° F, Low temp. 36° F, Precipitation: 0.03 inch.

John Madden dies unexpectedly at age 85 at his home in Pleasanton, California. He was a football coach and sportscaster.  He was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons (1969–1978), and guided them to a championship in Super Bowl XI (1977). After retiring from coaching, he served as a color commentator for NFL telecasts until 2009, work for which he won 16 Sports Emmy Awards. Madden never had a losing season as a coach, and his overall win percentage is second in league history. In recognition of his coaching career, Madden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. As a broadcaster, Madden commentated on all four of the major American commercial  television networks: CBS (1979–1993), Fox (1994–2001), ABC (2002–2005), and NBC (2006–2008). He also served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers, most notably the Madden NFL video game series, to which he lent his namesake and color commentary.  Earlier while playing college football at Cal Poly, he won all-conference honors at offensive tackle, and was a catcher on Cal Poly's baseball team. He was born John Earl Madden on April 10, 1936 in Austin, Minnesota.

Harry Reid dies at age 82 in Henderson, Nevada.  He was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015. He was born Harry Mason Reid Jr. on December 2, 1939 in Searchlight, Nevada.

The Baltimore region gets light rain just after midnight and some areas get light rain again in the evening.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain early in the morning; High temp. 57° F, Low temp. 36° F, Precipitation: 0.05 inch.

The U.S. records about 488,000 new cases of COVID-19, a new one-day record in the U.S.

Another storm system begins to impact the U.S. West Coast, with heavy coastal rain and mountain snow.

Former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is convicted by a jury in U.S. federal court on five sex trafficking-related counts carrying a potential custodial sentence of up to 65 years imprisonment: one of sex trafficking of a minor (maximum: 40 years), one of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity (10 years) and three of conspiracy to commit also-charged choate felonies (15 years total). She is acquitted on the charge of enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts. She had been a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, a financier and convicted sex offender (who was ruled to have killed himself while imprisoned at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York, NY,  on August 10, 2019).

The Baltimore region gets light rain showers in some sections in the morning, with widespread rain showers in the evening. Annapolis gets 0.13 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain in the morning and in the evening; breezy in mid-evening (21 mph gust at 8:54 pm); High temp. 52° F, Low temp. 46° F, Precipitation: 0.02 inch.

The U.S. records about 580,000 new cases of COVID-19 on this day, a new one-day record for the U.S., surpassing the previous day's record.

Wildfires in Colorado in neighboring Louisville and Superior (both in Boulder County) cause about 30,000 people to be evacuated. About 1,000 buildings are destroyed, mostly homes. At least six people are injured. The fires are sparked by downed power lines in strong winds that gust to more than 100 mph; the strong winds make the fires spread very quickly.

The winter storm system in the western U.S. brings snow that causes portions of highways to be closed in Washington state.

The Baltimore metro area has rain showers and fog in the morning, with fog lingering into the afternoon in some places. Annapolis gets 0.13 of an inch of rain.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, fog at midday, then cloudy, then fog from 9:17 pm onward; rain in the morning; High temp. 53° F, Low temp. 48° F, Precipitation: 0.26 inch.

Snow falls on the wildfire-ravaged part of Boulder County, Colorado, where the previous day there had been raging wildfires. Along with the moisture provided by the snow, the winds greatly decrease, which helps to extinguish the remaining hot spots.

Betty White dies at age 99 at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, 17 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. She was an actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning eight decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry. She was among the first women to exert control in front of and behind the camera and the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth), which contributed to her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood, California, in 1955. She is known as the First Lady of Television, an epithet used to subtitle a 2018 documentary about her life. After making the transition to television from radio, White became a staple panelist of American game shows, including Password, Match Game, Tattletales, To Tell the Truth, The Hollywood Squares, and The $25,000 Pyramid; dubbed "the first lady of game shows," White became the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for the show Just Men! in 1983. She was also known for her appearances on The Bold and the Beautiful, Boston Legal, The Carol Burnett Show, and Saturday Night Live. Her most notable roles include Sue Ann Nivens on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–1977), Rose Nylund on the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–1992), and Elka Ostrovsky on the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015). She was born Betty Marion White on January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois.

In 2021, the United States has the lowest rate of population increase in its history. The U.S. population grows by only about 0.1 percent, an increase of about 392,665 people. Contributing factors are a low birth rate, a low net number of migrants (people moving into the U.S. minus people moving away from the U.S.), and excess deaths caused by COVID-19 and also from drug overdoses, particularly fentanyl. The year 2021 is the first year since 1937 that the U.S. population grows by fewer than one million people, and the lowest numeric population growth since at least the year 1900. The population of Maryland decreases by about 12,000 people in 2021.

In the U.S., the Consumer Price Index rises 7 percent in 2021, the highest rate of inflation since 1982.

The U.S. Gross Domestic Product grows 5.7 percent in 2021, a great improvement over the shrinkage of 3.4 percent in 2020.

U.S. stock indexes rise sharply in 2021, with the Dow Jones Indusrial Average rising 19 percent, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both rising more than 20 percent.

Baltimore (city) has 337 homicides in 2021, the sixth consecutive year this figure has topped 300.

Much of the Baltimore region gets rain showers late in the evening.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Fog, then cloudy, then fog and mist, then light rain showers in late evening; High temp. 57° F, Low temp. 49° F, Precipitation: 0.01 inch.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during December 2021 is 0.82 of an inch, about 1/4 of the normal amount for December.

Total precipitation for Baltimore at BWI Airport in 2021 is 40.79 inches, about four inches below normal.