JOE BILBY PRESENTED INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NJ EVENTS. HE WAS RAISED IN NEWARK, RECEIVED A BA AND MA FROM SETON HALL IN HISTORY, SERVED AS A 1ST LIEUTENANT IN THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION- VIETNAM, AUTHORED OR CO AUTHORED 200 ARTICLES AND 19 BOOKS. HE BOUGHT COPIES OF THE LATEST BOOK 350 YEARS OF NJ HISTORY WHICH WAS SOLD OUT IMMEDIATELY. SOME INTERESTING FACTS: SEA GIRT WAS THE SUMMER CAPITAL OF NJ IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY DUE TO THE HOT, HUMID WEATHER IN TRENTON. NUCKY JOHNSON ATLANTIC CITY BOSS AND RACKETEER FROM 1909 TILL HE WENT TO PRISON IN 1941 IS THE INSPIRATION FOR BOARDWALK EMPIRE'S NUCKY THOMPSON. IN 1917 THE NJ NATIONAL GUARD WAS MOBILIZED AT SEA GIRT. IN 1937, GOVERNOR HOFFMAN DIDN'T BELIEVE HAUPTMANN WAS GUILTY OF THE THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING AND HIRED A FAMOUS BURLINGTON COUNTY DETECTIVE ELLIS PARKER WHO KIDNAPPED AND BEAT A CONFESSION OUT OF A DISBARRED LAWYER WHO LATER RECANTED. PARKER WENT TO JAIL. IN 1942, THE SS RP RESOR WAS TORPEDOED OFF THE NJ COAST WITH ONLY TWO SURVIVORS. MARINE SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE OF RARITAN WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR. IN 1958 A BATTERY OF NON NUCLEAR ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILES EXPLODED IN MIDDLETOWN, KILLING 10. A GREAT NJ HISTORY LESSON FOR ALL.