1995 NHL New Jersey Devils agree to stay in NJ
1993 Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of NJ
1993 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
1988 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ
1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5
1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
1985 "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
1984 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
1984 36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at NJ
1984 U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, NJ
1983 Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36
1982 Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ)
1982 John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies and gets approval to move to NJ
1981 Meadowlands Arena opens in New Jersey
1980 80th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton
1978 Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game
1971 Joe Adonis, U.S. crime-syndicate boss in New York and NJ, dies at 68
1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey
1969 John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ
1967 67th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1965 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84
1964 Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ)
1962 Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ
1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
1958 48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ
1958 Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)
1957 Mark Johnson, Madison WI, NHL forward, Olympics gold 1980, Pitts, NJ
1957 Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1954 54th U.S. Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ
1951 Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)
1951 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84
1946 U.S. Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ
1942 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City NJ
1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
1938 "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
1936 40th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1935 5th Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Ridgewood CC NJ
1934 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1931 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
1930 1st U.S. glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ
1928 German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ
1917 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ
1915 21st U.S. Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1909 15th U.S. Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood GC NJ
1903 Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ)
1903 9th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1902 Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in New York and NJ
1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die
1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ
1893 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)
1870 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
1838 1st telegraph message sent using dots and dashes (NJ)
1833 Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die
1830 Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, NJ
1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
1776 George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ
1776 Hessians capture Ft. Lee, NJ
1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ
1746 Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
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