1. On August 8, 1776, the New Jersey Constitution was adopted, establishing a new form of government for the state.

2. On August 8, 1913, the first professional golf tournament in the United States was held at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey.

3. On August 8, 1945, a B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay, piloted by New Jersey native Paul Tibbets, dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

4. On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation during a televised speech from the White House. New Jersey native Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States.

5. On August 8, 2001, New Jersey Governor James McGreevey signed an executive order establishing the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, which is responsible for ensuring that the lessons of the Holocaust are taught in all New Jersey schools.