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A swivel gun mounted on the American topsail schooner Lynx. © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
August 5, 1780

Joshua Huddy, Privateer

On August 5, 1780, Joshua Huddy received a privateer’s commission.  Though best known for his exploits on land, Huddy also supported the revolutionary cause on water, attacking and seizing British ships both to hamper enemy operations and to earn the...
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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

August 3, 1968

The First Running of the Haskell Invitational Stakes

Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant with wife Julia and children Nellie, Jesse, Ulysses Jr. and Frederick relaxing at the cottage in 1870.
August 3, 1871

U.S. President Grant Invests in Jersey Shore Real Estate

A swivel gun mounted on the American topsail schooner Lynx. © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
August 5, 1780

Joshua Huddy, Privateer

Kermit Love as the character Willy the Vendor on Sesame Street
August 7, 1916

Kermit Love, Creator of Muppets

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Experimental large calibre gun at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, ca. 1890-91.
August 7, 1874

Sandy Hook Proving Ground

Photo of the Wright Brothers' airplane in flight at the 1910 air show in Interlaken.
August 10, 1910

The Wright Brothers Bring Aviation to Monmouth County

Harry Houdini promotional poster.
August 11, 1924

New Monmouth Timeline Mystery: Did Harry Houdini Perform Here or Not?

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Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the Continental-Army in America. Probst, Johann Michael, engraver. Created between 1776 and 1790. Library of Congress, public domain.
August 12, 1778

Continential Army Major General Charles Lee Convicted at Court-Martial

A photograph of SM U-117 after the war, when it was used by the U.S. Navy for aerial bombardment practice.
August 13, 1918

Timeline Mystery: Did a World War I U-Boat Engage in an Artillery Battle with Fort Hancock?

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Official White House portrait of William Howard Taft.
August 15, 1911

President Taft Speaks About the Horrors of war at Ocean Grove Auditorium

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August 16, 1970

Danny DeVito’s First Movie Role

Newspaper clip and illustration of SS Alene.
August 17, 1901

New Jersey Sandy Hook Ship’s Pilot Boat James Gordon Bennett Cut in Half and Sunk by SS Alene off Sandy Hook

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