1. In 1926, Route 27 was designated as a state highway from the New York border to Princeton. Today, Route 27 is still a major thoroughfare that runs north-south through central New Jersey.

2. In 1950, the town of Millburn was the site of a major train wreck that killed 3 people and injured over 150. The crash occurred when a freight train failed to stop at a red signal and collided with a passenger train.

3. In 1961, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority announced plans to relocate the Burlington-Bristol Bridge to a new site upstream. The bridge, which spans the Delaware River between Burlington, New Jersey and Bristol, Pennsylvania, was eventually replaced by a new bridge in 2011.

4. In 1973, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its decision in the landmark case Robinson v. Cahill. The court ruled that New Jersey's system of funding public schools was unconstitutional because it created significant disparities in the quality of education between wealthy and poor districts.

5. In 2019, New Jersey became the third state to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The increase was phased in gradually over several years, with the full $15 rate taking effect for most workers in 2024.