{"id":179207,"date":"2025-07-07T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/?p=179207"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:35:23","slug":"famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous \u2018First\u2019 Occurrences That Happened in Bergen County, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"famous first occurrences bergen county nj\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">history<\/div><p>From the dawn of the Dutch settlement to the Industrial Revolution to today, <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/4th-of-july-fireworks-bergen-county-2025\/\">Bergen County<\/a> has been the starting point and arena for innovators, influential figures, monumental events, and more. So much history has occurred here \u2014 some of it even the first of its kind in the state, country, or even the world. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After covering <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themontclairgirl.com\/famous-first-moments-essex-county-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essex County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2022, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Local Girl<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is continuing its series on \u201cfamous firsts\u201d and exploring Bergen County. Whether buried in a century-old book or part of recent headlines, we have done the research to share with you what groundbreaking and pivotal things have occurred by residents of and in Bergen County, New Jersey. <\/span><b>Read on to learn about Bergen County\u2019s famous firsts.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-179214\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"famous first occurrences bergen county nj\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/famous-first-occurrences-bergen-county-nj.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Bergen County<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bergen County was one of NJ\u2019s first four counties alongside <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essex<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Middlesex, and Monmouth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demarest resident <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/njmonthly.com\/articles\/jersey-living\/sports\/peloton-jenn-sherman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenn Sherman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became the first American fitness instructor and the first cycling instructor hired at Peloton Interactive. Jenn grew up in Fort Lee, attending Fort Lee High School and Syracuse University. In Jersey Girl fashion, Jenn has seen Bruce Springsteen over 75 times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/19196355\/wally-schirra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wally Schirra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was born in Hackensack, raised in Oradell, and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Englewood<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first astronaut to go into space three times and the only astronaut to have flown into space in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/blue-laws-bergen-county-new-jersey\/\">Blue Laws in Bergen County: What Are They?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Edgewater<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/girls-day-out-activities-edgewater-nj\/\">Edgewater<\/a> was the location of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lever Brothers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> research center, where chemist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161104225035\/http:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/news\/farewell-to-the-father-of-dove-soap-researcher-vincent-lamberti-86-of-upper-saddle-river-dies-1.841570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent Lamberti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> invented <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dove soap<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This was the first soap made without animal fat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Englewood<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1930, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2001\/02\/08\/books\/anne-morrow-lindbergh-94-dies-champion-of-flight-and-women-s-concerns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anne Morrow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first woman to receive a US <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glider pilot<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> license. She was the wife of pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh. Her father was Dwight Morrow, a United States Ambassador to Mexico and a Senator from New Jersey. Her mother, Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, was a poet and teacher.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On November 10th, 1951, Englewood Mayor M. Leslie Denning made the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/11\/11\/archives\/new-jersey-pages-direct-longdistance-dialing-in-26th-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first customer-dialed long-distance call<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Mayor Frank Osborne of Alameda, California. This call was done without operator assistance and was a historic feat for the communications world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sugarhill Gang recorded <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6uvwazq5PsHxftSMFGuQRS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rapper&#8217;s Delight<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1979. This was the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. The group consisted of Henry &#8220;Big Bank Hank&#8221; Jackson, Michael &#8220;Wonder Mike&#8221; Wright, and Guy &#8220;Master Gee&#8221; O&#8217;Brien, all hailing from Englewood.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Fair Lawn<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millie Perkis starred in the first American adaptation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Diary of Anne Frank.<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 1959 film was also the first<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film version of both the play and the original story. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millie was born in Passaic and raised in Fair Lawn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trudysuggs.com\/silent%E2%80%88news%E2%80%88founder-julius-wiggins%E2%80%88dies-at-73\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julius Wiggins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was living in Fair Lawn when she published the first issue of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silent News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on January 1st, 1969. This was the first newspaper for the deaf community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themontclairgirl.com\/best-commuter-towns-bergen-county-nj-emerson-fairlawn-glen-rock-hackensack-lyndhurst-oradell-rutherford-ridgewood-westwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairlawn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is home to the 1st East Coast location of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.habitburger.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Habit Burger Grill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This burger joint started in 1969, thousands of miles from the Garden State in Santa Barbara, California.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Glen Rock<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glen Rock resident <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/nj-attorney-general-gurbir-grewal-steps-down-1624999383\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gurbir Grewal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the first Sikh-American attorney general in American <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/teterboro-airport-bergen-county-new-jersey\/\">history<\/a>. He was also the first Sikh-American to be named a county prosecutor in the US. Born in Jersey City, Gurbir grew up in Fairfield and graduated from West Essex High School.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Hackensack<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/alice-ramseys-historic-cross-country-drive-29114570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice Huyler Ramsey<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the first woman to drive an automobile across the US from coast to coast. On June 9th, 1909, she embarked on this journey with two of her sisters-in-law and a friend. They wore hats and goggles to protect themselves while travelling 3,800 miles from New York City to San Francisco, California. During the two-month journey, the group stayed at hotels and ate a variety of meals from restaurant food to coffee, cornflakes, and canned tomatoes from a general store in Utah. Finally, on August 7, 1909, the feat was completed. In 1975, Alice completed her 31st cross-country drive, and in 2000 she became the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/njwomenshistory.org\/biographies\/alice-huyler-ramsey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first woman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame\/<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Hillsdale<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1991\/12\/26\/obituaries\/marion-west-higgins-ex-legislator-76.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marion West Higgins<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">served as the first female <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Jersey General Assembly. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was only the third woman to serve as speaker of a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">state House of Representatives<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the United States. She was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. In 1941, she married William F. Higgins, and they moved to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/historical-homes-bergen-county-nj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hillsdale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1949.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>North Arlington<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1755, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jrul.libraries.rutgers.edu\/index.php\/jrul\/article\/view\/1246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first steam engine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in North America was assembled in North Arlington. The Newcomen steam engine was imported from England by John Schuyler to pump water out of his copper mine. He hired engineer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themontclairgirl.com\/women-american-revolution-essex-county-nj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josiah Hornblower<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to assemble the machinery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Paramus<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paramus is home to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/blue-laws-bergen-county-new-jersey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first suburban mall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in all of New Jersey. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.com\/en\/united-states\/gardenstateplaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garden State Plaza<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opened in 1957 and had 75,000 shoppers on opening day. Today, it is the second-largest mall in the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>See More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/hoboken-signs-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Stories Behind Old Hoboken Signage<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ramsey<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov\/physicians\/biography_97.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louise Eisenhardt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was one of the first neuropathologists. She became the first female president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Alice was born in Ramsey to Albert and Ella Knoll Eisenhardt. She began work in 1915 as an editorial assistant to Dr. Harvey Cushing and later attended Tufts University School of Medicine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Wallington<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/northjersey\/name\/doris-mahalick-obituary?id=26756930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doris Meyer Mahalick<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the mayor of Wallington<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She was also <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first woman to serve as the Bergen County Police Commissioner and the first woman to serve as a county police commissioner in the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/tag\/history\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170283 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/read-more-button-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>historyFrom the dawn of the Dutch settlement to the Industrial Revolution to today, Bergen County has been the starting point and arena&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":383,"featured_media":179215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9720,9732,9724,9736,9722,7997,9729],"tags":[9662,9702],"class_list":["post-179207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bergen-county-towns","category-edgewater","category-englewood","category-glen-rock","category-hackensack","category-lifestyle","category-ramsey","tag-history","tag-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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