1. In 1777, the Battle of Short Hills took place in Union County, New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. British troops attempted to push through American forces but were defeated, leading to a strategic victory for the patriots.

2. On June 13, 1866, the first national women's rights convention after the Civil War was held in New York City, organized by the American Equal Rights Association. New Jersey suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spoke at the convention advocating for the right to vote for women.

3. In 1945, the first American soldier to die on Japanese soil in World War II was George J. Willhauck of Newark, New Jersey. Willhauck was part of a reconnaissance mission on Okinawa when he was shot by a Japanese sniper.

4. The world's first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey on June 13, 1933. Richard Hollingshead, Jr. created the theater as a way for people to watch movies from their cars during the Great Depression.

5. On June 13, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but lived and worked in New York City as a civil rights advocate before his appointment.