Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
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Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
King Charles II of England gave a land grant to James Duke of York, which meant that New Jersey became a British colony.
