1. In 1917, the Green Bay Packers played their inaugural season opener at Hagemeister Park. The Packers, then a fledgling team, would go on to become one of the most successful franchises in NFL history.

2. In 1954, the Milwaukee Braves won their first and only World Series championship by defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7. The team, which had moved to Milwaukee from Boston just a few years earlier, captured the hearts of fans throughout the state.

3. In 1962, astronaut Joseph A. Walker became the first person to fly into space twice. Walker, a native of Washington County, Wisconsin, piloted the X-15 rocket plane on its second flight above the 100-kilometer boundary, which is commonly used to define the edge of outer space.

4. In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested in Frederick, Maryland, after a series of shootings in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 people dead. Muhammad, who had lived in numerous locations throughout the Midwest, including Wisconsin, was convicted and executed for his role in the attacks.

5. In 2012, Wisconsin resident Felix Baumgartner completed a record-breaking skydive from the stratosphere, jumping from a helium balloon at an altitude of 39 kilometers. Baumgartner, who was born in Austria but had lived in Wisconsin for several years, reached a top speed of over 1,300 kilometers per hour during the freefall.