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On December 8 of 1776
After suffering defeats by the British in New York and northern New Jersey, George Washington's retreating Continental Army crosses the Delaware River to Pennsylvania
On December 7 of 1942
On the first anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, Governor Charles Edison and his wife Carolyn preside over the launching ceremony of the battleship USS New Jersey at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
On the first anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, Governor Charles Edison and his wife Carolyn preside over the launching ceremony of the battleship USS New Jersey at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
On December 6 of 1776
Margaret Morris, a Quaker widow living in Burlington with her four children, begins writing a journal on developments in the war with the British, writing on this date concerning news that the British fleet was approaching Philadelphia: "People there were in great Commotion... the English fleet was in the River & hourly expected to sail up to the City... the inhabitants were removing into the Country... &... several persons of considerable repute had been discovered to have formed a design of setting fire to the City..."
On December 5 of 1777
New Jersey's first newspaper, The New Jersey Gazette, begins publication.
New Jersey's first newspaper, The New Jersey Gazette, begins publication.
On December 4 of 1983
The New Jersey Devils gain their first shut-out victory after the franchise relocated to New Jersey from Colorado in the prior season, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 6-0
The New Jersey Devils gain their first shut-out victory after the franchise relocated to New Jersey from Colorado in the prior season, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 6-0
On December 3 of 1776
During the American army's retreat across New Jersey after a series of defeats in New York, British cavalry captured Major General Charles Lee at a tavern in Basking Ridge. General George Washington had ordered Lee to bring his division to reinforce the main army, which had crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. Lee, Washington's second-in-command, was moving slowly and had separated from his troops to stay at a tavern some distance away from his army's main body.
During the American army's retreat across New Jersey after a series of defeats in New York, British cavalry captured Major General Charles Lee at a tavern in Basking Ridge. General George Washington had ordered Lee to bring his division to reinforce the main army, which had crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. Lee, Washington's second-in-command, was moving slowly and had separated from his troops to stay at a tavern some distance away from his army's main body.
On December 2 of 1776
Continental Army commanded by George Washington begins retreating across the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
On December 2 of 1776
Continental Army commanded by George Washington begins retreating across the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
On December 1 of 1834
In a letter to his father, Edmund Lang of the Class of 1837 at the College of New Jersey (renamed Princeton University in 1896) describes a typical menu in the school's refectory: “Firstly, on ordinary days we have one roll apiece about half the size of a six-penny loaf of bread for breakfast and also coffee. For dinner we have beef or some other meat with potatoes and two apples. For tea we have coffee, bread, and generally cheese or something of the kind, but we have one day, Friday, which we call ‘good dinner day,’ when we have poultry of some kind, applesauce, and pie. One day we had a kind of poultry I had never tasted before and they were peacocks.”
On November 30 of 1967
Captain Eleanor Grace Alexander, a US army nurse stationed in Vietnam from River Vale, is killed in an aircraft crash near Qui Nhon while returning from a mission to Pleiku. She was the only New Jersey woman to die in the Vietnam War.
Captain Eleanor Grace Alexander, a US army nurse stationed in Vietnam from River Vale, is killed in an aircraft crash near Qui Nhon while returning from a mission to Pleiku. She was the only New Jersey woman to die in the Vietnam War.
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- Jon Stewart tribute to Bruce Springsteen at Kennedy Center Honors
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