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Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey, US, causing tropical storm force winds over Delaware, New Jersey, and Coastal New York. Flooding closed several roads.
2020-07-10

Michigan becomes the third state to surpass 20,000 cases of COVID-19, after New York and New Jersey. As of this date, Michigan has 20,346 confirmed cases with 959 deaths.
2020-04-8

U.S. Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announces that he is running for the office of the presidency in the 2020 presidential election.
2019-02-1

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a case brought by New Jersey challenging the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which prohibited state-sponsored sports betting outside of four grandfathered states, holds that PASPA is unconstitutional, opening the door for all states to authorize sports betting.
2018-05-14

A commuter train accident at the Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey leaves one woman dead and 114 others injured. Major structural damage occurs to the station with portions of the roof collapsed.
2016-09-29

Voters go to the polls in six states, including California and New Jersey, with Hillary Clinton gaining enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. She will be the first woman nominee by a major party to run for President of the United States.
2016-06-7

Newark, New Jersey's 30 public schools shut off all water fountains after elevated levels of lead were found in nearly half of the schools during the state Department of Environmental Protection testing. The agency confirmed lead has not been found in the 280,000 residents' city water supply.
2016-03-9

Former American Olympic Games champion Caitlyn Jenner announces that she is a trans woman.
2015-04-24

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoes a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. [https:--www.washingtonpost.com-national-apnewsbreak-gay-marriage-bill-delivered-to-nj-governor-who-has-vowed-to-veto-it-2012-02-17-gIQApnPrJR_story.html "(The Washington Post)"]
2012-02-17

The Governor of the US state of New Jersey, Chris Christie declares a state of emergency along the Passaic and Delaware Rivers and Bound Brook in Somerset County in order to prepare for anticipated floods later in the week. [http:--www.therepublic.com-view-story-d149db5723834f14b9362921dc9f5a66-NJ--Flooding-NJ-# (AP via "The Columbus Republic")]date=August 2019
2011-03-9