1. In 1909, the first Maryland-Delaware football game was played in Baltimore. The game ended in a scoreless tie.

2. In 1948, Maryland Governor William Preston Lane Jr. officially opened the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which connects the Eastern and Western shores of Maryland.

3. In 1952, the first professional football game was played in Baltimore between the Dallas Texans and the Baltimore Colts. The Texans won the game 27-23.

4. In 1979, a major snowstorm hit Maryland, dumping over 20 inches of snow in some areas. The storm, which was dubbed the "Superstorm of '79", caused widespread power outages and transportation disruptions.

5. In 2002, the D.C. Sniper attacks came to an end when suspects John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested in Maryland. The shootings, which took place over a three-week period in October 2002, left ten people dead and three others injured.