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COVID-19 Resources On June 15 of 1980 Jack Nicklaus wins his fourth US Open at the 80th Open held at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield. It is the sixth time that Baltusrol had hosted the Open. On June 14 of 1976 Liberty State Park on the Jersey City waterfront behind the Statue of Liberty, developed on the site of a former waste dump, is opened on Flag Day to the public. The new Park becomes a central point for viewing the celebration in New York harbor of the nation's Bicentennial on the following July 4 and remains the most visited New Jersey state park. On June 13 of 1988 After a four-month trial, a jury in the US District Court in Newark awards the estate of Rose Cipollone of Little Ferry, a smoker for 42 years, $400,000 against The Liggett Group tobacco company on the ground that Liggett had misrepresented the risks of smoking in its advertising for Chesterfield and L&M cigarettes. The verdict is subsequently overturned on appeal, however, restoring the tobacco industry's record to that point of never being held liable for the risks of smoking. On June 12 of 1984 Vincent "Jimmy Sinatra" Craparotta Sr., 56, a reported member of the Lucchese crime family, was bludgeoned to death by three men with golf clubs in Toms River. In 1993, following a 10-week-long trial, four men were convicted of murder and related charges. Authorities contended that Craporatta was killed because he resisted efforts by the Lucchese family to take over a company that made video poker machines owned by Craporatta’s nephews, 
On June 11 of 1935 Electrical engineer Edwin Armstong first demonstrates his invention of FM (frequency modulation) radio by broadcasting from the Hudson Palisades in Alpine, a site on which he later builds a 400-foot tower that is used by W2XMN, the nation's first FM station. On June 10 of 1809 The steamboat Phoenix built by John Stevens and his son Robert L. Stevens at their estate in Hoboken becomes the first steamboat to set out on the open ocean, sailing around New Jersey and up the Delaware River to Philadelphia. 
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"I am from New Jersey" introduction by Jon Stewart for Bruce Springsteen at 2009 Kennedy Center Honors Post card promoting Atlantic City circa 1900 
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