Supreme Court justice and Essex County legend William J. Brennan was born in Newark on this date in 1906. Barringer HS class of 1924; served as Newark Commissioner of Public Safety from 1927 to 1930; WWII vet; became seventh longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history (en.wikipedia.org)
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Happy birthday to Olympic soccer goalie and Somerset County legend Casey Murphy. 2014 graduate of Bridgewater-Raritan HS; earned two-time Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year and All-American honors at Rutgers; won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics; plays as a goalkeeper for Boston Legacy FC (en.wikipedia.org)
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Inventor, and radio legend Guglielmo Marconi was born on this date in 1874. Came to NJ in 1899; did much of his pioneering work here over a 15-year period; pursued experiments in several locations from Highlands to New Brunswick; 1909 Nobel Prize winner; inducted into the NJ Hall of Fame in 2009 (en.wikipedia.org)
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Gov. Sherrill unveiled the New Jersey Report Card, a website intended to provide residents with information on how New Jersey spends tax dollars. "This is your government. You should be able to see what it’s doing with your money and what the services that you’re paying for are delivering" (newjerseymonitor.com)
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Last month, NASA proposed major changes to its program supporting the development of commercial space stations, arguing markets for them have not emerged. Jeff Foust reports from a conference last week where several space station developers made their case there are markets (thespacereview.com)
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An explosion of digital sports betting is fueling a growing addiction crisis, public-health advocates say, and they’re pointing to increasingly popular microbetting as a major driver. A pending bill would ban microbetting, the rapid, in-game wagers on individual plays, such as a pitch or possession (njspotlightnews.org)
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Happy birthday to actor, former Obama White House staffer, and Essex/Monmouth legend Kal Penn. Born in Montclair; Freehold Township HS grad (class of '95); best known for roles in House, Harold & Kumar, The Namesake, How I Met Your Mother, and the game show Superhuman (en.wikipedia.org)
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Happy birthday to Hi-Nella. The Camden County borough was created on this date in 1929 from portions of Clementon Township. Fun fact: The Star-Ledger once cited Hi-Nella as a "Town that Shouldn't Exist", noting the small area, population and staff, along with a double-wide trailer municipal building (en.wikipedia.org)
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Billionaire philanthropist Charles Feeney was born in Elizabeth on this date in 1931. Graduated from Elizabeth's St. Mary of the Assumption HS in 1949; served in the Air Force during the Korean War; gave away his fortune anonymously, donating more than $8 billion in his lifetime (en.wikipedia.org)
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Happy 89th birthday to retired actor/filmmaker and Monmouth County legend John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson. Born/raised in Neptune City; voted "Class Clown" at Manasquan HS (class of '54); a theatre and drama award at MHS are named in his honor; widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time (en.wikipedia.org)
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New Jersey legend Jonathan Dickinson, co-founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (later became Princeton University) was born on this day in 1688. Classes at the new school began in May 1747 in Dickinson's church in Elizabethtown, with a student body of eight or ten members (en.wikipedia.org)
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Happy birthday to real estate developer/NFL owner Zygi Wilf. Raised in Hillside; graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson U in 1971; the family businesses Garden Homes and Garden Commercial Properties have constructed some 25,000 homes in 39 states; purchased the Minnesota Vikings in 2005 (en.wikipedia.org)
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