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On July 9 of 1985
Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals is named the Most Valuable Player of the United States Football League
Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals is named the Most Valuable Player of the United States Football League
On July 8 of 1970
After three days of disorders and rioting in Asbury Park, Governor William Cahill visits the city to meet with city officials and citizen activists. He then tours riot damage in the city and requests that President Nixon declare Asbury Park a disaster area.
After three days of disorders and rioting in Asbury Park, Governor William Cahill visits the city to meet with city officials and citizen activists. He then tours riot damage in the city and requests that President Nixon declare Asbury Park a disaster area.
On July 7 of 1930
An explosion at the fireworks factory owned by Frank Cimino in Neptune Township kills four, including Cimino's nine-year-old daughter, his 11-month-old son, his 72-year-old father and a two-month-old baby girl.
On July 6 of 1916
Charles Bruder, a 27-year-old Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel in Spring Lake, is killed when bitten by a shark while swimming 130 yards off the beach. It is the second of three shark attacks in which four people are killed and one injured. The story of the Jersey Shore attacks later would be loosely adapted by author Peter Benchley for his 1974 best-selling novel Jaws and the subsequent 1975 motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.
Charles Bruder, a 27-year-old Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel in Spring Lake, is killed when bitten by a shark while swimming 130 yards off the beach. It is the second of three shark attacks in which four people are killed and one injured. The story of the Jersey Shore attacks later would be loosely adapted by author Peter Benchley for his 1974 best-selling novel Jaws and the subsequent 1975 motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.
On July 5 of 1900
During a record breaking head wave, a fire breaks out at the Standard Oil Refinery at Constable Hook in Bayonne, the largest in the country. The blaze started when a lightning bolt passed through a house and ricocheted into the oil tank yard, exploding three storage tanks. The fire spreads rapidly over three days, battled by Bayonne firemen and Standard Oil employees, and becomes a tourist attraction as New Yorkers line the Hudson River to watch the blaze until it burns itself out after causing damage estimated at a billion dollars in today’s money.
During a record breaking head wave, a fire breaks out at the Standard Oil Refinery at Constable Hook in Bayonne, the largest in the country. The blaze started when a lightning bolt passed through a house and ricocheted into the oil tank yard, exploding three storage tanks. The fire spreads rapidly over three days, battled by Bayonne firemen and Standard Oil employees, and becomes a tourist attraction as New Yorkers line the Hudson River to watch the blaze until it burns itself out after causing damage estimated at a billion dollars in today’s money.
On July 4 of 1776
Declaration of Independence is approved by the Continental Congress. The five signers from New Jersey are John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), Richard Stockton, a Princeton lawyer, John Hart, a wealthy Hunterdon County farmer and mill owner, Francis Hopkinson, a Bordentown lawyer, and Abraham Clark, an Elizabethtown surveyor.
Declaration of Independence is approved by the Continental Congress. The five signers from New Jersey are John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), Richard Stockton, a Princeton lawyer, John Hart, a wealthy Hunterdon County farmer and mill owner, Francis Hopkinson, a Bordentown lawyer, and Abraham Clark, an Elizabethtown surveyor.
On July 3 of 1863
Three days of fighting at Gettysburg conclude with the Confederates suffering devastating losses in Pickett's Charge assaulting the center of the Union line. The Union defenders include the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, which takes an estimated 2,000 prisoners.
Three days of fighting at Gettysburg conclude with the Confederates suffering devastating losses in Pickett's Charge assaulting the center of the Union line. The Union defenders include the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, which takes an estimated 2,000 prisoners.
On July 2 of 1776
New Jersey Provincial Congress approves first constitution as a new state, which grants right to vote to "all inhabitants...of full age, who are worth fifty pounds...," thus allowing the vote to women holding property in their own name. Women would continue to vote until 1807, when the legislature restricted the vote to males.
New Jersey Provincial Congress approves first constitution as a new state, which grants right to vote to "all inhabitants...of full age, who are worth fifty pounds...," thus allowing the vote to women holding property in their own name. Women would continue to vote until 1807, when the legislature restricted the vote to males.
On July 1 of 1863
Battle of Gettysburg begins as Confederates force Union defenders to abandon positions on hills in northwest of town. Over 4,000 soldiers from New Jersey are in the Battle, the sixth-highest contingent of the Union states, and 635 are killed, wounded or captured.
Battle of Gettysburg begins as Confederates force Union defenders to abandon positions on hills in northwest of town. Over 4,000 soldiers from New Jersey are in the Battle, the sixth-highest contingent of the Union states, and 635 are killed, wounded or captured.
Monument at Gettysburg to 13th New Jersey Volunteers
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- Jon Stewart tribute to Bruce Springsteen at Kennedy Center Honors
- Jon Stewart tribute to Bruce Springsteen at Kennedy Center Honors
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