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Jersey Proud: 2 major news events in New Jersey 90 years ago

It was 90 years ago this week that two major events happened in New Jersey.

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Oct 21, 2021, 3:04 AM

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Updated 1,427 days ago

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It was 90 years ago this week that two major events happened in New Jersey.
The first was the death of Thomas Edison. He died in West Orange at the age of 84.
Six days later the George Washington Bridge opened for the first time. It took four years to finish the bridge.
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