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1. In 1777, during the American Revolution, a group of British troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell captured and burned the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
2. In 1804, the New Jersey Legislature officially designated Trenton as the state capital, replacing Burlington.
3. In 1937, the Hindenburg disaster occurred at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, in which a German airship caught fire and crashed, killing 36 people.
4. In 1958, the first McDonald's restaurant in New Jersey opened in Paterson.
5. In 2004, the New England Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers 32-29 in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Houston's Reliant Stadium. The game featured multiple lead changes and a controversial halftime show with Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction."
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