New Jersey became the third state to ratify the US constitution.
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Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, killing 26 people and injuring several others.
