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Image credit: James J. Corbett by Elmer Chickering, Boston. b&w film copy neg. Library of Congress image public domain.
June 17, 1892

“Gentleman Jim” Corbett’s Asbury Park Training Leads to Championship Win in The Fight of the Century

On June 17, 1892, James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett arrived in Asbury Park to begin training for “The Fight of the Century” against world heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan.  William Brady, Corbett's manager, chose a cottage in Loch Arbour...
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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 – An Endangered National Historic Site

Blackbeard’s Raid on Middletown, original illustration ©2024 Emma D’Orazio, Perilize Art, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline Inc.
December 16, 1927

The Enduring Myth of Blackbeard’s Raid on Middletown

by John R. Barrows
Dr. Emily Frisby, chief climatologist at Fort Monmouth. Photo courtesy U.S. Army Signal Corps Archives, public domain.
June 8, 1968

Dr. Emily M. Frisby, Fort Monmouth Climatologist: “Weather can be made to work for the world, if it is interpreted properly.”

by Melissa Ziobro
Official U.S. Navy photograph of LST-1032, the USS Monmouth County.
June 9, 1944

The USS Monmouth County: “Ever Ready – War and Peace”

June 9, 1964

Shrewsbury Had Flying Jeeps but Asbury Park Had a Flying Submarine

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI by Vandyk, whole-plate glass negative, 11 November 1926. NPG x28019. Used under terms of Creative Commons, © National Portrait Gallery, London.
June 10, 1939

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Visit Red Bank

Cover art for book "The Razing of Tinton Falls" by Michael Adelberg.
June 10, 1779

The Razing of Tinton Falls: 16 Dead in Waterfront Fighting Between Monmouth County Patriots and Loyalists

Photo of Sandy Hook Lighthouse.
June 11, 1764

Sandy Hook Is America’s Oldest Continuously Operating Lighthouse

June 11, 1929

The President of the Red Bank Aero Club Crashes His Plane into the Governor’s Residence

by Joseph G. Bilby
Aerial photo of PNC Bank Arts Amphitheatre
June 12, 1968

PNC Bank Arts Center

Image credit: James J. Corbett by Elmer Chickering, Boston. b&w film copy neg. Library of Congress image public domain.
June 17, 1892

“Gentleman Jim” Corbett’s Asbury Park Training Leads to Championship Win in The Fight of the Century

Joseph Francis Life-Car. Image credit: Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
June 18, 1878

The Evolution of the U.S. Life-Saving Service

John R. Barrows

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