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Photo of Atlas-B with Score payload, created: January 1, 1958. U.S. Air Force photograph, Public Domain.

December 18, 1958

SCORE, The World’s First “Talking” Satellite

On December 18, 1958, the world's first "talking" satellite was successfully launched, a product of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Laboratories at Fort Monmouth in conjunction with the then-new Advanced Research Projects Agency. Called "SCORE," which stands for “Signal Communications...

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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Original painting of Monmouth Boat Club by E. J. Bilderback, 2009. Image credit: Monmouth Boat Club, used with permission.

March 20, 1883

Monmouth Boat Club – A National Historic Site

Photo of Black Loyalist soldier. Cropped screen capture from PBS "Liberty! The American Revolution."

November 25, 1783

After the Death of Tye, The Black Brigade Soldiers On

Composite image of the Arethusa, Bill McCoy's smuggling vessel, and a wanted poster for America's most famous bootlegger. Image composite by John R. Barrows.

November 25, 1923

End of the Line for Bill McCoy, King of the Rum-Runners

Photo of the SS Georgic. (1897). Unknown photographer. Photo from Purvis, F.P. (1897). Hydraulic Principles Affecting a Floating Ship of the Time. Cassier's Magazine, August 1897, P. 351-366. Public Domain.

November 27, 1908

Panamanian Steamer Finance is Rammed and Sunk off Sandy Hook

Postcard image of Asbury Park, N.J., showing the Palace Amusements resort. Postcard image public domain.

November 27, 1988

Asbury Park’s Legendary Palace Amusements Resort Closes After Almost 100 Years of Fun

Photo of Whitey Ford in uniform pitching for the Fort Monmouth baseball team. From The Signaleer, base newspaper, courtesy U.S. Army Signal Corps Archives, public domain.

November 29, 1950

Hall of Fame Pitcher Whitey Ford of the U.S. Signal Corps (and others…)

by Mark A. Wallinger

Parker Homestead - 1665. Image credit: Parker Homestead - 1665, used with permission.

November 30, 1995

The Parker Homestead – 1665

Composite image of National Parks Service photo of SCR-270 radar similar to that used at Opana Point in 1941, public domain; and cropped screen capture of SCR-270 from movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, consistent with Fair Use Doctrine.

December 7, 1941

The Curious Story of the Two Men Who Detected the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Their Connection to Monmouth County

John R. Barrows

Original illustration of Vito and Anna Genovese by Scott Zelazny, commissioned by MonmouthTimeline.org.

December 8, 1952

Anna Genovese vs. Vito Genovese

John R. Barrows

Photo of Sonny Greer, Aquarium(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946, by William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress photo, public domain.

December 13, 1903

Sonny Greer, Duke Ellington’s Drummer Extraordinaire

December 13, 1943

Naval Weapons Station Earle

Photo of Atlas-B with Score payload, created: January 1, 1958. U.S. Air Force photograph, Public Domain.

December 18, 1958

SCORE, The World’s First “Talking” Satellite