1. In 1864, the Battle of Monocacy occurred in Frederick County. Union General Lew Wallace and his troops delayed Confederate General Jubal Early's advance towards Washington, D.C.

2. On August 8, 1939, legendary baseball player and civil rights advocate Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson would later attend and play baseball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) before breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

3. Baltimore-born Matthew Henson passed away on August 8, 1955. Henson was an explorer and was the first African American to reach the North Pole.

4. In 1984, Maryland Governor Harry Hughes signed the first regulation in the United States strictly prohibiting speed traps. The regulation required police departments to post signs warning drivers when they are entering speed enforcement zones.

5. On August 8, 2017, the Baltimore City Council voted to remove all Confederate monuments in the city. This decision came after the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and sparked a nationwide conversation about the removal of Confederate symbols.