I (1914–1918) 1917: Fort Cumberland Hotel built 1921: The Kelly Springfield Tire Company opens tire factory in Cumberland 1921: Anna C. McCleave becomes one of the first police and fire commissioners in the United States when the Cumberland City Council and Mayor selected her to fill an unexpired term. 1924: first acetate yarn spun in America at Cumberland Amcelle factory 1924: Floods in Cumberland 1929: Stock market crash ushers in the Great Depression 1936: Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) strike led to riot, Cumberland 1936: Floods at Cumberland, National Guard called in 1936: Celanese workers, represented by Textile Workers Union of America, ratify first collective bargaining agreement 1937: Kelly-Springfield workers vote to join the United Rubber Workers of America 1939: World War II (1939–1945) 1942: Floods in Cumberland 1950: Cumberland flood control system construction begins (finished in 1959) 1950: Cumberland City Council adopts ordinance requiring Communists to register with the city and prohibiting the distribution of Communist literature; arrests ensue 1951: Cumberland anti-Communist ordinance declared unconstitutional 1961: Cumberland Glass Company, the last hand-blown glass operation, closes 1961: Allegany Community College opens 1964: A B-52 Stratofortress carrying two nuclear bombs crashes southwest of Cumberland, near Lonaconing, MD in neighboring Garrett County. 1972: Queen City Hotel demolished 1972: Washington Street Historic District nominated to the National Register of Historic Places 1974: Queen City Brewing Company closes 1976: Baltimore St paved with bricks creating an outdoor pedestrian mall 1981: Country Club Mall opens 1983: Celanese textile plant closes 1983: Downtown Cumberland is designated a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places 1987: Kelly-Springfield Tire Company plant closes 1987: Maryland Governor William Donald Schaeffer secures agreement to locate Kelly-Springfield corporate offices in Cumberland 1993: Canal Place Heritage Area established 1996: The Great Snowstorm of '96 1999: Kelly-Springfield corporate headquarters closes 2006: Great Allegheny Passage opens in Cumberland 2009: Western Maryland Regional Medical Center opens References Cumberland, Maryland Histories of cities in Maryland History of Cumberland, MD-WV MSA