Protest over Trump's firing of Sessions: This week in Central Jersey history, Nov. 6-12

More than 150 demonstrators gathered outside City Hall in New Brunswick on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, over President Donald Trump's firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The protest was one of a dozen grassroots events held around New Jersey and hundreds around the country as part of Nobody Is Above the Law ― Mueller Protection Rapid Response, organized by the activist group MoveOn.

Here's a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week.

Five years ago

Nov. 6, 2018: Democrat Tom Malinowski unseated five-term incumbent Republican Leonard Lance, 147,063-to-137,318.

Nov. 7: It was reported that year's congressional election cycle was the most expensive in New Jersey history, costing $127 million, which was expected to grow when final disclosures were made later in the month.

Nov. 8: A report by The Leapfrog Group said New Jersey's hospitals had cut down on avoidable errors, accidents and injuries, making them the safest in the nation.

Nov. 8: Former Gov. Chris Christie visited the White House as several news outlets reported President Donald Trump was considering him to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general.

Nov. 8: Twenty-two high school football players ― 11 offensive starters from South River and 11 defensive starters from Delran ― were ejected after a melee broke out on the field early in the second quarter of an NJSIAA regional crossover game between the two high schools.

Nov 8: In boys soccer, sixth-seeded East Brunswick beat top-seeded Hunterdon Central, 1-0, to win its first sectional title since 2011.

Nov. 11: Terry Reid and the Cosmic American Derelicts, with opening acts Eryn and Tommy Fuller, performed at Roxy & Duke's Roadhouse in Dunellen.

10 years ago

Nov. 6, 2013: By a vote of 4-1, and despite overwhelming public opposition, the Readington Township Committee adopted an ordinance to start the process of acquiring all the property of Solberg Airport, ensuring the fight between the township and the airport owners would return to court.

Nov. 7: Judge Kimberly Moss denied Perth Amboy's Superintendent of Schools Janine Walker Caffrey's request to be reinstated.

Nov. 7: In its first Central Group I playoff match, the Metuchen girls soccer team beat ninth-seeded Middlesex, 5-0.

Nov. 8-9: Comedian Paul Reiser performed at the Stress Factory in New Brunswick.

Nov. 12: It was reported Michael A. Maltese, 25, of South Brunswick, serving 64 years for killing his parents, lost the appeal of his conviction and sentence.

Nov. 12: A state appellate court rejected a request for a new hearing by Francis Gannone, 44, serving a life sentence for murdering his former girlfriend, Valerie Fasanello, in Bound Brook.

Nov. 12: Julian Daley of Old Bridge was sentenced to the maximum of 15 years in prison in connection with the beating death of Divyendu Sinha, an Old Bridge computer scientist, in 2010.

1998

Nov. 6, 1998: North Brunswick resident John Albert was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for his role in an organized-crime-related extortion scheme.

Nov. 8: Tango, a pit bull, went berserk during a family quarrel and attacked his four owners, members of the Jakubowski family of Spotswood.

Nov. 8: The Gill St. Bernard's girls soccer team beat Pennington, 4-0, to capture its unprecedented third straight Prep B title.

Nov. 11: E-Z Pass made its New Jersey debut at 12:01 a.m. at two Atlantic City Expressway toll plazas and five ramps.

Nov. 11: Four children escaped from a fire in a four-family home on Park Avenue in Flemington. One resident was forced to flee into the street in her bathrobe.

Nov. 12: It was reported Jill St. John and Robert Wagner would star in "Love Letters" at the Atlantic City Hilton on Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, and Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998.

1973

Nov. 7, 1973: Gov. William T. Cahill ordered cutbacks in state government's use of energy ― including a reduction in speeds for state cars, elimination of non-essential lighting and an early night-time turndown of heating boilers in state buildings.

Nov. 7: Following its two-performance run at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Flemington, the play, "Luther" opened at The Music Hall in Clinton.

Nov. 8: It was reported New Jersey had become the first state in the nation to order Little League baseball teams to allow girls to play.

Nov. 8: Gov. William T. Cahill announced his decision to spend $150 million of a projected budget surplus to provide assitional state aid to public schools before his term expired.

Nov. 8: The Bridgewater West boys soccer team shut out Moorestown, 3-0, to advance to second-round action at Long Branch in the Group 3 division.

Nov. 10: Jerry Krosan, a 68-year-old maintenance man, died in a fire which swept through his cottage of the Somerset Hills Country Day and Boarding School in Warren. Officials said it was the first fire ever to claim a life in the township.

Nov. 12: Because Democratic governor-elect Brendan T. Byrne wanted time to consider alternative options in the proposed $280 million Hackensack Meadowlands Sports Complex package, Gov. William T. Cahill announced he would not press for legislative action on his plan to put the "moral credit" of state government behind the complex until Byrne reported back.

1923

Nov. 8, 1923: It was reported the will of Sarah Ellen Anderson, of Metuchen, who died on Friday, Oct. 26, 1923, left her husband, Harry Alonzo Anderson, $1.

Nov. 8: It was reported the J.D. Loixeaux Lumber Company had been issued a permit for the erecting of a large office building at its yards on South Avenue in Plainfield to cost $45,000.

Nov. 9-10: The movie, "The Eleventh Hour," a William Fox production starring Charles Jones and Shirley Mason, was shown at Reade's Strand Theatre in Perth Amboy.

Nov. 10: While gunning on the back of his farm in Plainsboro, William Gundrick and a party of hunters stumbled upon the body of a man in the tall weeds. The condition of the body indicated the man had met with foul play.

Nov. 10: With the city and borough scholastic championships as the prize, the Plainfield High School football team beat North Plainfield High School, 24-0.

Nov. 12: The newly remodeled and enlarged Jefferson School at Clinton and Myrtle avenues in Plainfield officially opened.

Brad Wadlow is a staff writer for MyCentralJersey.com

This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ history for the week of Nov. 6-12