New Jersey became the third state to ratify the US constitution.
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During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington's revolutionary army.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
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.
Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
