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* Monthly History Timeline * January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December On February 8 of 1974
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. On February 7 of 1866
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. 
On February 6 of 1951
The Broker, nickname for a Pennsylvania Railroad train that typically carried many Wall Street commuters, derails near Woodbridge Township, resulting in 75 deaths and over 500 injuries. It is the deadliest railroad accident in the state’s history and among the top five in the United States. On February 5 of 1978
A blizzard begins which would leave up to two feet of snow in parts of the state, with 17 deaths in New Jersey of the total 27 in the Northeast. On February 4 of 1825
Four students at The College of New Jersey (renamed Princeton University in 1896) convene the first meeting of The Philadelphian Society of Nassau Hall, a fraternity formed due to the 'low state of religion' at the College which later sponsors religious lectures and Sabbath services. On February 3 of 1924
Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President, former New Jersey governor and Princeton University president, dies in Washington of a stroke at the age of 67. On February 2 of 1992 Bert Parks, master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City from 1955 to 1979, dies at the age of 77 -- Booking.com
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