The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
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Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
Bell Labs demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell in New Jersey, US.
The Hindenburg zeppelin caught fire and was destroyed while attempting to dock in New Jersey.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.