New Jersey "Firsts"

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Date Place Event
1793 Deptford First Air Balloon Voyage
1846 Hoboken First Game of Organized Baseball
1916 Whitesbog First Blueberries grown for market
1870 Atlantic City First Boardwalk Laid on Sand
1847 Jamesburg First Canned Tomatoes
1918 Trenton First China Made for White House
1890 New Brunswick First First Aid Kit Made
1937 Alpine First FM Radio Station
1869 Princeton First College Football Game 
1739 Salem First Successful Glass Factory
1854 Trenton First Iron Beams Used in Construction
1819 Newark First Patent Leather
1825 Hoboken First Automobile in US
1879 Menlo Park First Electric Light
1887 Newark First Permanent Magnet
1921 Atlantic City First Miss America Chosen
1889 West Orange First Movie Made and Shown
1903 West Orange First Movie Made With Plot
1893 West Orange First Movie Studio in World
1873 Newark First Plastic Made in America
1877 Menlo Park First Phonograph
1836 Paterson First revolver
1940 Jersey City First Rocket Engine
1885 Camden First Roller Bearing
1838 Paterson First Silk Factory in US
1900 Jersey City First smoke detector perfected
1897 Burlington First Steam Boat in America
1786 Arlington First Steam Engine in US
1878 Paterson First Sub in US
1943 Arlington First Well Known Non-Stick Plastic
1880 Vineland First thermos Bottle
1948 Murray Hill First Transistor
1933 Upper Montclair First TV Made For Home Use
1927 Whippany First TV Show
1951 Princeton First TV Tape
1934 Roselle First B1 Vitamin
1888 Newark First Voltmeter measuring electric current
1887 Garfield First Wax Paper