The second month of 2017 also brings the year's second installment of the "This Month in New Jersey History" gallery.

The gallery, which supplements our regular vintage photo galleries, offers a snapshot of events that took place in the Garden State in Februaries gone by.

While February is the shortest month on the calendar, it is not short on dates for significant events, births, deaths and crimes.

MORE: Vintage photos around New Jersey

If there are dates you don't see on our timeline but believe should be remembered, let us know in the comments section.

And, be sure to enable captions for the gallery so you can read all the information associated with each day in New Jersey history.

Here are links to previous "This month in N.J. history" galleries:

January     December     November

October     September     August     July

Greg Hatala may be reached at ghatala@starledger.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregHatala. Find Greg Hatala on Facebook.

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