Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
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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.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
