1. In 1876, the nation’s first outdoor public statue to Christopher Columbus was dedicated in West Orange on March 15th. The statue is located in the Llewellyn Park and was made by artist Carlo Abate.

2. The first organized baseball game in 1846 was played by the Knickerbockers and the New York Baseball Club on March 15th on the Elysian Fields in Hoboken.

3. In 1918, the world’s largest naval munitions plant, known as the Morgan Plant, exploded killing over 50 people and injuring over 300. This tragic event occurred on March 15th in South Amboy.

4. In 1929, the first drive-in movie theater in the world opened in Camden on March 15th. The theater could accommodate 400 cars and had a 40-foot screen.

5. New Jersey was an important battleground during the Revolutionary War. On March 15, 1780, a skirmish occurred in Quinton between colonial loyalists and patriots. The loyalists were defeated and their leader Colonel Charles Mawhood was captured.