New Jersey became the third state to ratify the US constitution.
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Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
The Hindenburg zeppelin caught fire and was destroyed while attempting to dock in New Jersey.
The 'LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin' returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.