1. In 1819, the first ever steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, the SS Savannah, was built in Wilmington, Delaware.

2. In 1856, the state of Delaware passed a law that prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, known as the "Sabbath Liquor Law."

3. On February 22, 1965, civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. staged a peaceful protest in front of the Wilmington City Hall, calling for an end to segregation and racial discrimination in Delaware.

4. The longest-serving governor in Delaware's history, Michael N. Castle, was born on February 22, 1939, in Wilmington.

5. In 2018, the Delaware General Assembly passed a bill to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21, making it the ninth state in the US to do so. The bill was signed into law on April 5, 2018.