A pilot died when the small plane he was flying crashed into a home in the Colonia section of Woodbridge on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. No injuries were reported on the ground when the plane crashed into 84 Berkeley Ave. No one was inside the home at the time.

The pilot was later identified as Dr. Michael Schloss, a 74-year-old cardiologist from Florida. The home was demolished on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, and in the early morning of Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.

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

Oct. 29, 2019: It was reported six stores at a commercial building at 345 Madison Ave. in Perth Amboy were heavily damaged by fire on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019.

Oct. 29: It was reported Jon Bon Jovi inducted Southside Johnny Lyon into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park.

Oct. 30: It was reported 12 fallen Somerset County police officers were honored at the new Law Enforcement Memorial at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in Somerville.

Oct. 31 : According to a report released by the state's hospitals, children as young as 11 years old were vaping and being hospitalized in New Jersey, an even younger age than reported in 2018.

Nov. 1: It was reported an outbreak of hepatitis A ― a highly contagious inflammation of the liver ― had hit New Jersey hard in recent months, leaving six people dead and more than 500 sickened.

Nov. 1: Kevin Hughes, 50, of North Plainfield, the former South Plainfield recreation director, was sentenced to three years in state prison for stealing more than $80,000 from the youth sports program. He also had to pay $80,201 in restitution to the South Plainfield Recreation Department.

Nov. 2: The North Brunswick High School football team, with a couple of key turnovers and a fourth-quarter surge, beat Westfield High School, 38-21, at Kehler Stadium in Westfield.

10 years ago

Oct. 28, 2014: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama taught and joked at Princeton University's Jadwin Gymnasium as he addressed approximately 4,000 students on the essential role of compassion in personal and global peace.

Oct. 31: A state appeals court said the prison sentences given to Plainfield brothers Wayne and Gregory Greene, who robbed and killed Lazaro Tista, 45, a Guatemalan immigrant from North Plainfield and the father of eight, in 2007, were not excessive.

Nov. 1: It was reported that after six years of pleading, Perth Amboy's wish was granted by the state Department of Transportation: a barrier fence on Victory Bridge as well as the Route 9 Bridge.

Nov. 1: Singer-songwriter Taylor Mathews, who first gained notice on season five of "America's Got Talent," performed at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick as part of a 17-hotel party tour.

Nov. 2: In the Union County Tournament final at Kean University in Union, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls soccer varsity squad beat Union High School, 1-0, winning its fifth consecutive Union County Tournament title.

1999

Oct. 28, 1999: The boys soccer team at Franklin High School in Somerset beat North Hunterdon, 3-0, earning their first Skyland Conference Delaware Division championship.

Oct. 29: It was reported Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons would perform on Thursday, Nov. 4, 1999, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick.

Oct. 31: Willie Jackson Sr., 61, a Scotch Plains computer programmer, was among the 217 people who apparently died when an EgyptAir jetliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

Nov. 2: According to state officials, some voters cast ballots by flashlight after winds of up to 53 mph blew down tree limbs onto electric lines, knocking out power to dozens of polling places throughout the state.

Nov. 2: Chaos took place during Carteret's election as numerous complains about voter "intimidation" led to borough police outside polling places, with confusion on how to do write-in ballots for two Borough Council seats on new voting machines appearing to be the problem.

1974

Oct. 29, 1974: Frederick James Krug was sentenced in New Brunswick to two life terms in New Jersey State Prison for the 1973 kidnap-murder of school teacher Phyllis Thomson, murdered after she was abducted from an East Brunswick cocktail lounge.

Oct. 30: On Mischief Night, officers in Edison gave up counting complaints after about 7:30 p.m., when they had already received more than 100.

Oct. 30: The play, "Camelot," starring Michael Allinson, Leigh Beery and Don Stewart, opened at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn for a six-week run.

Oct. 31: An "agreement in principle" to continue essential freight and passenger operations of the Central Railroad of New Jersey at least through Monday, June 30, 1975, was announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Nov. 2: It was reported that, in boys soccer, Mario Apuzzo's third period goal helped Jamesburg to a victory, its 11th of the season against one loss, over Somerset Vo-Tech in Somerville, winning 1-0.

1924

Oct. 29, 1924: In one of the most daring daylight robberies ever attempted in Middlesex County, six armed bandits stole a $2,880 payroll from Samuel Schwartz, superintendent of the Chrome Cigar Company in New Brunswick, in the yard of the plant.

Oct. 29: The First Baptist Church of Piscataway,, more familiarly known as the Stelton Baptist Church, one of the oldest in the country, was completely destroyed by fire.

Oct. 29: Six people were slightly injured when three cars of the New York-Philadelphia local of the Pennsylvania Railroad, due in New Brunswick at 8:58 p.m., buckled 1,000 feet west of the Metuchen station. The quick work of engineer V.W. Traphagen of Jersey City prevented a more serious accident.

Oct. 29-30: The movie, "Unguarded Women," an Alan Crosland production starring Richard Dix and Bebe Daniels, was shown at Reade's Strand Theatre in Perth Amboy.

Oct. 31: The Plainfield High School football team beat Westfield, 18-0.