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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

Editor’s note: This article was first published in 2020; it has been updated as of December 2, 2022, with new information and images, including that provided us by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Historical Office, today’s keepers of the...

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Photo showing the lettering behind the iconic statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is an example of the work of expert stone cutter and sculptor Ralph Ardolino. National Park Service photo, public domain.

November 11, 1950

The Amazing Monument Men of Monmouth County

by Rick Burton

Sachse, Julius Friedrich. (1907). The Wreck of the Ship "New Era" upon the New Jersey Coast, November 13, 1854. An illustration of the clipper ship New Era, after a sketch made on the morning of the wreck. Public Domain.

November 13, 1854

240 Drown as The New Era Sinks off Deal Beach

Cars belonging to organized crime leaders parked at Joseph Barbara's home in Apalachin, N.Y. FBI file photo, public domain.

November 14, 1957

The Meeting at Apalachin: The Beginning of the End for Vito Genovese

by John R. Barrows

November 14, 1973

Marilyn Levy, A Genius Photo-Chemist at Fort Monmouth

by John R. Barrows

Illustration of the uniform worn by Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian regiment soldiers. National Parks Service photo, public domain.

November 15, 1775

Titus Becomes Tye in Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment of Black Loyalist Soldiers

Danny DeVito at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego, photo by Gage Skidmore. (2010). Created: 25 July 2010. Used under terms of Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

November 17, 1944

Danny DeVito

Photo of This antenna is a 1943 production version of the radar that tracked the incoming Japanese raid on Oahu, Hawaii on 7 December 1941 This antenna was donated by the Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. It was used by the university to study Aurora Borealis at frquencies of 58 and 106 MHz. It collected some of the very first radar echoes from the "Northern Lights"

November 20, 1941

The Defining Technology of World War II is RADAR

Postcard of the former Marconi Hotel building, today home to the InfoAge Science & Technology Museums. Image credit: InfoAge, used with permission.

November 20, 1999

InfoAge Science & Technology Museums

Photo of organized crime boss Vito Genovese. Library of Congress photo, public domain.

November 21, 1897

A Timeline of Vito and Anna Genovese in Monmouth County

by John R. Barrows

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