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Famous Firsts in New Jersey
The
first organized baseball game was played in Hoboken in
1846.
The
first boardwalk in the world was built in 1870 at Atlantic
City.
The
first copper mine in America was opened by enterprising
Dutch settlers in the Kittatinny Mountains, circa 1640.
The
first drive-in movie
theater was built on a 10-acre plot
in Camden County in 1933.
The
first ferry service in the U.S. operated between Hoboken
and Manhattan in 1811.
The
first seashore resorts opened in Cape May and Long Branch
in the early 1800s.
The
first Miss America was chosen in Atlantic City in 1921.
The
first movie was developed by Thomas A. Edison in West Orange
in 1889.
The
first brewery in America opened in Hoboken in 1642.
The
first phonograph was made by Thomas A. Edison in Menlo
Park in 1877.
The
first balloon flight in America was made by Jean-Pierre
Blanchard. On January 9,1793, he landed a balloon at Deptford
carrying a letter from George Washington.
The
first professional basketball game was played in Trenton
in 1896.
The
first incandescent lamp (light bulb) was made by Thomas
A. Edison in Menlo Park in 1879.
The
first submarine was built in 1878 by John Holland of Passaic
County. The submarine is now in a public museum in Paterson.
The
first condensed soup in America was cooked and canned in
Camden County in 1897.
The
first robot to replace a human worker was used by General
Motors in Ewing Township in 1961.
The
first saltwater taffy was produced at the Jersey shore
in the 1870s.
The
first solid body electric guitar was invented by Les Paul
of Mahwah in 1940.
The
first national historic park in America was established
in 1933 in Morristown.
The
first cultivated blueberries were marketed by Elizabeth
White of Whitesbog in 1916.
The
first steam locomotive to actually pull a train on a track
was built by John Stevens of Hoboken in 1824.
The
first town to be lighted by electricity was Roselle in
1883.
The
first radio broadcast of the World Series was transmitted
live on radio station WIZ in Newark in 1921.
The
first intercollegiate football game was played by Rutgers
and Princeton in New Brunswick on November 6, 1869. Rutgers
won 6 to 4.
The
first airplane passenger flight flew
from New York to Atlantic City on May 3, 1919.
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