1. On October 28, 1884, the statue of John Eager Howard, a Revolutionary War hero and former governor of Maryland, was unveiled in Baltimore's Mount Vernon Square. The statue stands on a granite base and shows Howard in his military uniform.

2. In 1919, on October 28, the Maryland General Assembly passed the state's first comprehensive motor vehicle law. This law required all vehicles to be registered with the state, mandated drivers to have licenses, and established speed limits.

3. On October 28, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis was in its final stages, with the world on the brink of nuclear war. The U.S. Navy began a quarantine of Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from delivering more missiles to the island, and tensions between the two superpowers were at an all-time high.

4. On October 28, 2001, the Baltimore Ravens faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a historic NFL game. The Ravens won the game 13-10 in overtime, marking the shortest overtime game in NFL history (52 seconds).

5. On October 28, 2004, Maryland became the first state in the U.S. to ban the sale of some popular over-the-counter cold medicines to minors. The law was enacted in response to rising rates of abuse of cold medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM), which can cause hallucinations and other dangerous side effects when taken in large doses.