1. In 1863, the first issue of the Territorial Enterprise, a newspaper that would become famous for publishing the works of Mark Twain, was printed in Virginia City.

2. On July 28, 1917, a massive fire broke out in the city of Reno, destroying over 20 blocks of buildings and causing millions of dollars in damage.

3. In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Forces established the Tonopah Army Air Field in central Nevada as a training center for pilots during World War II.

4. Las Vegas was officially incorporated as a city on July 28, 1911, with a population of just over 1,000 people.

5. In 2017, the Nevada Department of Transportation installed the state's first "solar roadways" on a small stretch of sidewalk in downtown Las Vegas, using solar panels to generate electricity and melt snow and ice in the winter months.