August 11, 1924
New Monmouth Timeline Mystery: Did Harry Houdini Perform Here or Not?
On Monday, August 11, 1924, the legendary escape artist and entertainer Harry Houdini gave what may have been his one and only performance in Monmouth County. Unless it never happened. It’s entirely possible that, despite our region being home to
May 27, 1941
Fort Monmouth in World War II
On May 27, 1941, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared a state of unlimited national emergency in response to Nazi Germany’s threats of military aggression. The soldiers and civilians of the U.S. Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth had been very busy
February 27, 1942
The Oil Tanker R.P. Resor is Torpedoed and Sunk by U-578
Editor’s note: The following story is reprinted with the permission of the authors of A History of Submarine Warfare along the Jersey Shore (The History Press, ©2016, available from retail booksellers everywhere). By Joseph G. Bilby & Harry Ziegler It
January 24, 1970
Bob Verga, Professional Basketball All-Star
On January 24, 1970, the fledgling American Basketball Association (ABA) held its third All-Star Game, at Indiana State Fair Coliseum in Indianapolis, Ind., before an audience of 11,932. Bob Verga, possibly the greatest basketball player to ever come out of