1. In 1846, the first baseball game was held in Hoboken, New Jersey, between the New York Nine and the Knickerbockers. This game is considered to be the first organized baseball game.
2. In 1953, the U.S. Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched in Groton, Connecticut. The submarine was designed and built by the Electric Boat Company in New Jersey.
3. In 1958, the first public beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was integrated by the efforts of the NAACP and other civil rights organizations.
4. In 1969, the first manned moon landing by the Apollo 11 mission was celebrated at Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey with a firework display visible from many parts of the state.
5. In 1991, American jazz musician and pianist Bill Evans, a New Jersey native, was posthumously inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. Evans is considered one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century.