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April 23, 2019

Holmdel High Frosh Megha Ganne Qualifies for U.S. Women’s Open

On April 23, 2019, 15-year-old Holmdel High School freshman Megha Ganne qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open after winning the 36-hole sectional qualifying round at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township. She finished at +11 at the LPGA major after...
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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

Photograph of rum-runner schooner Kirk and Sweeney with contraband stacked on deck. Coast guard Photo No. G-APA-01-13-24 (02) G.F. January 13, 1924, Public Domain.
April 21, 1924

The Rum Line: The Beginning of the End of Bootlegging Along the Monmouth County Shore

Manasquan High School yearbook photo of Jack Nicholson.
April 22, 1937

Jack Nicholson

April 26, 1946

George Ashby, The Last New Jersey Civil War Veteran

by Joseph G. Bilby
Photo of the Row House from The Historic Village at Allaire.
April 27, 1822

James P. Allaire Purchases Land in Monmouth County for the Howell Works Iron Foundry

Photo: A fireboat tries to put out the fires aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Solar (DE-221) at the Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, 30 April 1946.
April 30, 1946

Explosion Aboard the USS Solar Kills Seven Sailors, Injures 125 More

Aerial photo of the Twin Lights Lighthouse, Highlands, N.J.
May 1, 1862

The New Twin Lights at Navesink

Photograph of Clint Black's debut album Killin' Time.
May 2, 1989

Clint Black, Country Music Superstar from Texas by Way of Long Branch

Annotated map of Coopers Ferry, June 1778.
May 3, 1778

Battle of Monmouth – How It Begins

Count Basie Orchestra film still from Air Mail Special soundie, 1941, Institute of Jazz Studies photograph collection (IJS.0048), Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries. Original image held by Herrick Library, Los Angeles.
May 4, 1959

Count Basie Wins Two of the First-Ever Grammy Awards

by John R. Barrows
May 4, 1902

Booker T. Washington Comes To Red Bank For Historic Meeting with T. Thomas Fortune

Engraving: "The Ceres, Our Guardian Angel." Creator unknown.
May 5, 1864

USS Ceres – The Little Tugboat That Became A War Hero

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