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1995 NHL New Jersey Devils agree to stay in NJ
1993 Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of 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 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 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 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 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) 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 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 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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