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* Monthly History Timeline * January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December On May 15 of 1911
US Supreme Court decides case of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States in which the Court holds that Standard Oil is an illegal monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Court's remedy divides Standard Oil into 34 geographically separate and eventually competing firms. On May 14 of 1844
Delegates to a Constitutional Convention begin meeting in Trenton to draft a new state constitution replacing the initial one adopted in 1776. The new Constitution moderately strengthens the role of the governor by making the office directly elected by the people rather than the legislature; increasing the term from one to three years; granting a veto over legislation; and expanding the appointment power of judges and other officials. On May 13 of 1880 Thomas Edison demonstrates his electric railway for the first time on a 1/3 mile track at his laboratories in Menlo Park in Middlesex County. On May 12 of 1932
The remains of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, are found in woods near Hopewell, just a few miles from the Lindbergh home ten weeks after the boy's abduction from his bedroom at the family home, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is later convicted and executed on April 3, 1936, for the crime. On May 11 of 1917
Frank Hague is elected mayor of Jersey City by fellow members of the city commission whom he had led to victory in the municipal election. He would continue as mayor while serving as a powerful state and national Democratic political boss until retiring in 1947. On May 10 of 1869
The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Point, Utah with the driving of a golden spike in the last rail by Leland Stanford, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Union Pacific Locomotive No. 119, one of the two locomotives at the ceremony, was built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson. On May 9 of 1997
William Reese, a 45-year-old caretaker at the Finn’s Point National Cemetery in Pennsville, is shot dead in the cemetery office, with his body found the next day. His red pickup truck was stolen. The murder is later found to have been committed by Andrew Cunanan, who killed four others in other states, with his last victim prominent fashion designer Gianni Versace on the steps in front of the Versace home in Miami on July 15. A week after the Versace murder, Cunanan shot himself to death while being confronted by police. The shooting in New Jersey was attributed to Cunanan's stealing Reese's truck to aid his escape on his way south where he killed Versace. On May 8 of 1945 The end of fighting in World War II is celebrated with VE Day. Thousands of the returning troops pass through the Port of Bayonne in Hudson County and Camp Kilmer in Middlesex County, which processes over 2.5 million soldiers on their way to and from Europe, the largest processing center during the conflict. |
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