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A jury in the trial at the Hunterdon County Courthouse in Flemington of Bruno Richard Hauptmann returns a verdict of guilty on a charge of murder resulting from the kidnapping of the infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh on March 1, 1932
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​During one of the coldest winters ever recorded affecting much of the nation, a blizzard strikes the Northeast, with snow depths in Cape May reported at over 30 inches. 
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On what would have been his 91st birthday, a memorial tower to Thomas Alva Edison is dedicated at the site of his Menlo Park laboratory (in current Edison Township), which was where he invented the incandescent bulb and the phonograph.  
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​Governor Chris Christie suspends his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination following his disappointing sixth place finish with only 7% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary
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On February 9 of 1996
Two New Jersey Transit commuter trains sideswipe each other in Secaucus after one of the trains goes through a stop signal, killing three people, including the engineers on each train,  and injuring 168 of the 400 passengers.
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The Stone Pony, a bar featuring live music, opens in Asbury Park. It would become known as a venue for performances by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Patti Smith and Mad Dog and the Shakes. ​
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William Magee of Newark, who enlisted at age 14 as a drummer boy in the Union Army, is awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the Third Battle of Murfreesboro in Tennessee in the Civil War. Magee claimed he infiltrated Confederate lines and stole  artillery pieces which he returned to the Union camp, but his account was later shown to be fabricated. He remains the youngest person from New Jersey to be issued the Medal of Honor.

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