1) On April 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship landed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, marking the first transatlantic flight of the year. Tragically, the Hindenburg caught fire and exploded while landing, killing 36 people and effectively ending the use of airships for commercial transportation.

2) In 1998, New Jersey became the first state to mandate passenger-side airbags in all new cars, which significantly reduced the number of fatalities in car accidents.

3) On April 6, 1776, the British army landed on Staten Island, beginning a campaign to capture New York and New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War.

4) New Jersey resident Philip Roth was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction on April 6, 1998, for his novel "American Pastoral," which explores the impact of the 1960s on the life of a former star athlete and his family.

5) On April 6, 2005, the New Jersey Department of Education ruled that high school students must pass the state's standardized tests in order to graduate, becoming the first state to make such a requirement.