1. In 1650, Maryland passed a law mandating religious tolerance for all Christians, marking one of the earliest examples of religious freedom in America.
2. On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, officially ending the Revolutionary War and guaranteeing American independence, with Maryland being one of the 13 original colonies involved.
3. Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, was born on September 3, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland.
4. In 1943, Maryland Governor Herbert R. O'Conor signed the first anti-discrimination law in America, which prohibited employment discrimination based on race, color, and creed.
5. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, one of the world's largest bridge-tunnel complexes, opened on September 3, 1964, connecting Maryland's Eastern Shore to the rest of the state.