The United States Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island is primarily located in the state of New Jersey and not New York like many think it does.
Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, killing 26 people and injuring several others.
Bell Labs demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell in New Jersey, US.
Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US, isolated Streptomycin, which became the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis (TB).
A fire broke out in 20th Century Fox's New Jersey film storage facility.
The Hindenburg zeppelin caught fire and was destroyed while attempting to dock in New Jersey.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
The 'LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin' returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
The first of four fatal shark attacks happened on New Jersey shores.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
The American state of New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
New Jersey became the third state to ratify the US constitution.
During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington's revolutionary army.
King Charles II of England gave a land grant to James Duke of York, which meant that New Jersey became a British colony.
