What Happened On This Day In Monmouth County History?

Keyport Weekly sketch of fugitive mayor B.B. Ogden. Published prior to 1926, public domain.

September 16, 1903

Whatever Happened to B.B. Ogden, the Fugitive Mayor of Keyport?

By John R. Barrows By today, September 16, everyone in Keyport finally realized that their mayor was gone. Missing. Disappeared. Vamoosed. Am-scrayed. On the lam, a fugitive from justice. In 1903, Benjamin B. Ogden was president of the Keyport town...

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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Image: C. Maury Jones of Red Bank flying above his aviators as commanding officer of the 28th Aero Squadron in France, 1917. Original illustration by Charlie Swerdlow, History Depicted, ©2024, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline.

March 26, 1917

Maury Jones of the Lafayette Flying Corps

by Mark A. Wallinger

Image: Pilot William D. Frayne endangering his own life by risking a side-to-side landing, while his plane was on fire over France, 1917. Frayne's bravery saved the life of his observer and won him Army Silver Star for heroism. Original illustration by Charlie Swerdlow, History Depicted, ©2024, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline.

October 17, 1918

The Silver Star: William D. Frayne of Sea Bright

by John R. Barrows

Image: Test Pilot Ted Parsons of Little Silver walking away from yet another airplane crash in France, 1917. Original illustration by Charlie Swerdlow, History Depicted, ©2024, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline.

September 15, 1917

Theodore D. Parsons, World War I Test Pilot who Became New Jersey Attorney General

by John R. Barrows

Poster for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, public domain.

October 2, 1897

Bud Abbott, Straight Man Extraordinaire

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?

John R. Barrows

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 Landmark

Left, Geraldine L. Thompson; right, an early view of the Thompson mansion. Image credits: Monmouth County Park System, Thompson Park Historical Collection.

June 25, 1912

Geraldine L. Thompson’s Favorite Child

by Jane Scimeca

Photo of Cedar View Cemetery board members with Cedar View sign

August 29, 1900

Cedar View Cemetery of Lincroft: A Final Resting Place for Black Families and Civil War Veterans

By John R. Barrows

Three images of U-869. U-534 at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Photo by Paul Adams, Public domain. U-534 is of the same type of submarine as U-869. Sonar side-scan of sunken U-869. Photo by Richie Kohler. Used by permission, johnchatterton.com. Sketch of sunken U-869 by Dan Crowell. Used by permission, johnchatterton.com.

February 11, 1945

The Tragic Mystery of U-869, a.k.a. “U-Who?”

by Rick Burton

The Fatal Showdown Between Colonel Tye and Joshua Huddy, original illustration. Commissioned by Monmouth Timeline, ©2021, Charlie Swerdlow, History Depicted.

September 1, 1780

The Fatal Showdown Between Colonel Tye and Joshua Huddy

Aerial photo of Bell Labs in Holmdel, The Oval. Created by Lee Beaumont. Public domain via Creative Commons.

September 1, 1961

The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex

Image of Halve Maen created by Matt H. Wade, copyrighted. Used under Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia).

September 2, 1609

Henry Hudson First Arrives at Navesink Highlands

September 2, 1945

Dr. Walter McAfee: Camp Evans Mathematician, Scholar, and Scientist

by Melissa Ziobro