1782 – Britain signs agreement recognizing the US independence. 1866 – Work begins on...
History
1877 – US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time....
1907 – In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie...
1870 – The New York Times dubs baseball “The National Game” 1901 – U.S....
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded. 1896 – Amos Alonzo Stagg...
• Bladen County Hospital purchased 32.08 acres of land for $70,000 from Miss Mary...
1834 – Delmonico’s, one of NY’s finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak,...
1896 – 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont. 1903 – Clyde Coleman...
1897 – Portable pencil sharpener patented by American inventor John Lee Love. 1904 –...
1910 – Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs. 1919 – Labor conference committee...
1852 – Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College…...
1895 – American inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patents the pencil. 1906 – London selected...
• The 200th birthday of the town of Elizabethtown was to be celebrated October...
1883 – Four standard time zones for the Continental US introduced – Eastern, Central,...
1877 – Russia launches a surprise night attack that overruns Turkish forces at Kars,...
1801 – First edition of New York Evening Post. 1841 – Life preservers made...
1869 – Free postal delivery formally inaugurated. 1901 – James J. Jeffries TKOs Gus...
1856 – American Gail Borden is issued a patent for technology related to his...
1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes, “Nothing … certain but death & taxes.” 1861 –...
1880 – Best selling American novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ” by soldier...
1890 – D. McCree patents portable fire escape. 1909 – Construction of US navy...
Contributed The Bladenboro High School, graduating class of 1967 celebrated their 55th reunion on...
*Bladen County was in the middle of an election year which found our county...
1898 – Wilmington, North Carolina Coup D’etat: White Supremacists violently overthrow local government, killing...
1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872…close to 1,000 buildings destroyed. 1904 –...
1892 – Grover Cleveland (D) elected 24th US President. 1904 – Inventor and Manufacturer...
1874 – 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast. 1876...
1860 – Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United...
*People’s Savings and Loan opened it’s new office in Bladenboro. *Thornton Wilder’s comedy “The...
1862 – American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun...
1896 – Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female state senator in the...
1895 – First organized auto race in the United States is run in Chicago;...
1800 – John Adams becomes the first US President to live in the White...
1868 – Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers. 1913 – 1st US paved...
1873 – P.T. Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts (New York City) 1911...
1929 – “Black Tuesday” Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the “Great Depression” 1936...
*Charles Taylor becomes Elizabethtown Chief of Police. Harold Priest becomes Assistant Chief of Police....
1492 – Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name...
1858 – Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine in Pittsburgh. 1881 – Gunfight at...
1870 – Postcards first used in USA. 1905 – 1st College Football Crab Bowl...
1911 – Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in...
1915 – 1st National horseshoe throwing championship at Kellerton, Iowa. 1933 – John Dillinger...
• A new Miss Bladenboro, Rita Skinner, was crowned during a ceremony in Bladenboro....
1879 – Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb. 1906 – Henry Ford...
1797 – The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) is launched in Boston. 1902 – In...
1817 – 1st Mississippi “Showboat” leaves Nashville on maiden voyage. 1898 – NC Mutual...
1856 – James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bare knuckle for 6 hours, 15...
1867 – Alaska Purchase: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid...
By: Jair McElveen This past Saturday, October 15th there was an extremely fun and...
1885 – Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000 – $2,000 for 1885 season....
1846 – Dentist William T. Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether. 1869 – Hotel in...
1789 – 1st US presidential tour by George Washington in New England. 1878 –...
1773: American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom’s East India company tea ships’ cargo are...
*Elizabethtown Chief of Police Jimmy Bell was killed in a shoot out in downtown...
1864 – Battle of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (Mosby’s Raid) 1902 – US President...
1836 – 16″ of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY. 1892 – US Pledge of...
1887 – A Miles patents elevator. 1911 – Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte...
1899 – African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame. 1916 – In...
1837 – Steamboat “Home” sinks off Ocracoke, North Carolina, killing 100. 1865 – First...
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire kills an estimated 300 people and destroys over...
Here are three things to know for Friday, Oct. 7: 1. Keep It Clean...
1492 – Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course. 1780 – British defeated...
*150 Jaycees attended a fall meeting held at the White Lake FFA Camp. The...
1884 – Naval War College forms in Newport, Rhode Island. 1893 – Nabisco Foods...
1866 – 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000) 1889 – Thomas...
1906 – Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0 to end MLB season at 116-36...
1789 – Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on November 26. 1863 – US...
1871 – US Morman leader Brigham Young arrested for bigamy. 1902 – Beatrix Potter’s...
1868 – “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Robert...
• A break-in was reported at Dublin School. • New ABWA officers were: Eunice...
1898 – City of NY established. 1919 – Avery Hopwood’s “Gold Diggers” premieres in...
1880 – 1st pro baseball game at Polo Grounds, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals...
1904 – Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue,...
1892 – Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company. 1903 – Wreck of...
1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City....
1789 – US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights. 1867 – Congress creates 1st...
1789 – US Federal Judiciary Act passes, creating a six-person Supreme Court. 1903 –...
*Three Bladen County homes were broken into and ransacked. *A total of 156 lights...
1862 – US President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is published in northern newspapers. 1875 –...
1862 – US President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all...
1895 – America’s first automotive producer, the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, is founded by...
1814 – “Star Spangled Banner” published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key,...
1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States. 1901...
1789 – 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the President and Congress....
*Tax collections for the month of August, 1972 for Bladen County were $462,477.21, *Ronnie...
1830 – Oliver Wendell Holmes writes poem “Old Ironside” as tribute to the 18th...
1853 – Antoinette Blackwell is the first US woman to be ordained a minister....
1814 – Francis Scott Key pens the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry”, later know...
1789 – 1st loan to US government (from NY banks) 1902 – Chicago Cubs...
1895 – Annie Londonderry (Annie Kopchovsky) arrives in Chicago to complete first round-the-world trip...
1847 – 1st singing of Stephen Foster’s “Oh! Susanna” (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 1903 –...
1846 – Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine....
1776 – Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (from...
1892 – 1st appearance of “Pledge of Allegiance” (Youth’s Companion) 1916 – US President...
1813 – “Uncle Sam” 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post...
1716 – 1st lighthouse built in North America (Boston). 1863 – After 59 day...
1882 – 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC. 1901 –...
1882 – In its 1st large-scale test, Thomas Edison’s light bulb is used to...
1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1891 – Cotton pickers...
1864 – Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during Savannah Campaign...
