Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
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A fire broke out in 20th Century Fox's New Jersey film storage facility.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
The American state of New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Bell Labs demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell in New Jersey, US.
