1. In 1757, the Battle of Short Hills took place in present-day Union County. The battle was part of the French and Indian War, and resulted in a British victory over the French.

2. On June 16, 1903, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in New Jersey. The company was founded by Henry Ford, and would go on to revolutionize the automobile industry.

3. In 1935, the first drive-in movie theater in the United States opened in Camden, New Jersey. The concept of outdoor movies had been around for a few years, but the Camden Drive-In was the first to use a large screen and allow patrons to view the movie from their cars.

4. On June 16, 1960, the first successful kidney transplant in the world was performed at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The donor in the transplant was a 21-year-old man from New Jersey named Ronald Herrick, and the recipient was his identical twin brother, Richard.

5. In 2018, New Jersey became the third state in the United States to legalize sports betting. The decision came after a Supreme Court ruling struck down a federal law that had previously prohibited states from legalizing sports betting. The first legal sports bet in New Jersey was placed on June 14, 2018, at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport.