1852 – George L Aiken’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” premieres in Troy, NY. 1892 – Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company. 1903 – Wreck…
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1772 – New Jersey passes a bill requiring a license to practice medicine. 1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New…
Dedication ceremonies for the Clarkton Housing Project were to be held in the month of September. Municipal elections were to be held in Elizabethtown. Three…
1789 – US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights. 1804 – Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and…
1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest. 1879 – Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone. 1911 –…
1789 – US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury. 1862 – US…
1827 – According to Joseph Smith, Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book…
1814 – “Star Spangled Banner” published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key, tune by John Stafford Smith. 1904 – Orville & Wilbur Wright…
1796 – George Washington’s farewell address as president. 1849 – 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California. 1925 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest…
1789 – 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the president & Congress. 1837 – Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young co-found a…
1787 – The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention. 1859 – Joshua Abraham Norton, English-born resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself…
1782 – Great Seal of the United States of America used for the first time. 1858 – 1st overland mail for California. 1908 – Carriage…
1798 – US Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State. 1857 – Timothy Alder of NY patents a typesetting machine. 1887 – Philadelphia celebrates…
1789 – 1st loan to US government (from NYC banks) 1883 – Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against…
1910 – United States’ first known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD. 1914 – Yankee shortstop Robert Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager. 1928…
1773 – Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace” 1875 – 1st newspaper cartoon strip. 1912 – Philadelphia A’s Eddie…
1776 – George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers. 1846 – Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing…
1858 – Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech, “You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of…
1869 – 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco. 1899 – Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk. 1901 – US President William McKinley…
1882 – 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC. 1905 – The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War, US…
1781 – Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes) 1882 – In its 1st…
1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1891 – Cotton pickers organize union & stage strike in Texas. 1916 – US President…
1798 – First bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821 at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. 1897 – “McCall” magazine first published. 1898…
1799 – Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 1862 – Federal tax levied on tobacco. 1878 – 1st female telephone…
1909 – A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball. 1910 – Theodore Roosevelt makes a speech in Kansas advocating a ‘square deal’: property shall be…
1890 – President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products. 1901 – English engineer Hubert Cecil Booth patents the powered…
The citizens of Clarkton passed a $150,000 sewer bond. The vote was 164 for, 7 against. Ten Tar Heel High School Varsity Cheerleaders attended the…
1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. 1898 – The Goodyear tire company founded. 1908 – NY…
1837 – Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce. 1861 – Battle of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina. 1907 – United Parcel Service is…
1859 – 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by Edwin Drake. 1881 – Hurricane hits Florida & Carolinas; about 700 die. 1910 –…
1843 – Charles Thurber patents a typewriter. 1895 – Electric generator at Niagara Falls produces first power. 1907 – Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater…
1829 – President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses. 1904 – Champion James J. Jeffries scores a 2nd round TKO…
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. 1891 – Thomas Edison patents motion…
John D. Mercer, a Bladenboro mail carrier for 45 years, announced his retirement. Mr. Mercer, in his job with the U.S. Postal Service, drove over…
1869 – 1st carload of rail freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco, from Boston after a 16-day trip. 1904 – Automobile tire chain…
1762 – 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport, Rhode Island. 1848 – The US annexes New Mexico. 1864 – First Geneva Convention adopted…
1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blinds. 1897 – Oldsmobile first manufactured by Olds Motor Vehicle Co. in Lansing, Michigan. 1901 – Baltimore Orioles pitcher…
1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over. 1896 – Dial telephone patented. 1908 – America’s Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney,…
1849 – NY Herald reports gold discovery in California. 1897 – 1st electric taxis drive in London. 1909 – Indianapolis 500 track opens. 1914 –…
1838 – United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica. 1872 – 1st mail-order catalog issued by A…
1807 – Robert Fulton’s steamboat Clermont begins first trip up Hudson River. 1891 – 1st public bathhouse with showers open in NYC (People’s Bath) 1891…
1691 – Yorktown, Virginia founded. 1858 – Britain’s Queen Victoria telegraphs US President James Buchanan for 1st time by transatlantic telegraph cable, he replies, “It…
The resignation of Bladen Elementary School Principal Elbert F. Lennon Jr. was announced by the Bladen County Board of Education. Citizens of Clarkton were preparing…
1862 – Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with a US president. 1873 – “Field 7 Stream” begins publishing. 1903…
1889 – William Gray patents coin-operated telephone. 1907 – 1st taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen. 1914 – Carl Wickman…
1856 – Anthony Fass patents accordion. 1867 – US President Andrew Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. 1898 – Hawaii is formally…
1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada) 1885 – $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty. 1909 – SOS…
1831 – 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY) 1859 – Otis Tufts patents the first passenger elevator in the US. 1904…
1854 – Smith & Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges. 1898 – Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes. 1911 – The millionth patent is filed in the…
A spill that officials believe was caused by a leaking tanker left hundreds of gallons of fuel spread along highways 87 and 41 in Bladen…
1782 – George Washington creates the Purple Heart medal (original mane Badge of Military Merit) as commander of the Continental Army. 1882 – Hatfields of…
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmier becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair. 1914 – Denis Patrick…
1812 – War of 1812: Tecumseh’s Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne’s 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat. 1946…
1882 – US Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration. 1900 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded. 1921 – 1st aerial crop dusting in Troy,…
1819 – 1st parachute jump in US. 1892 – Charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator. 1907 – Legendary pitcher Walter Johnson at…
1893 – Henry Perky patents a machine for the preparation of cereals for food, otherwise known as shredded wheat. 1900 – The 1st Michelin Guide…
A hail storm in the Elkton community of Bladen County destroyed approximately 100 acres of tobacco. Jack Heustess was named Sports Editor of The Bladen…
1869 – The Charles, considered the world’s first “oil tanker”, departs from the United States headed for Europe with a bulk capacity of 7,000 gallons…
1899 – 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY. 1905 – US Secretary of War William Howard Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura…
1858 – First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service. 1866 –…
1789 – US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs now referred to as the State Department. 1866 – Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles…
1775 – US Continental Congress creates United States Post Office in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin. 1790 – US Congress passes the Funding Act of 1790…
Lex Jones was appointed to a two year term as Bladen County Tax Supervisor. Betty Smith was appointed Bladen Tax Collector and Ann Weeks was…
1729 – North Carolina becomes a colony. 1850 – Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River) 1866 – Ulysses S. Grant named 1st General of Army.…
1758 – George Washington elected to Virginia House of Burgesses representing Frederick County. 1824 – Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll,…
1872 – African American inventor Elijah McCoy is granted a patent for lubricators for steam-engines. 1904 – Ice cream cone created during St. Louis World…
1796 – Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. Originally called ‘Cleaveland’, the public adopted the current name after a newspaper editor noticed the name…
1853 – Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island. 1915…
1858 – Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Brooklyn) 1858 – 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes. 1907…
1860 – First railroad reaches Kansas. 1880 – San Francisco Public Library starts lending books. 1910 – Cleveland Indian baseball pitcher Cy Young registers 500th…
1864 – President Abraham Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service. 1914 – US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps.…
The town of Elizabethtown budget for 1985-86 was $1,710,466. This budget is based on a tax rate for Elizabethtown of 63 cents. Ella Sue Bullock…
1856 – The Great Train Wreck of 1856 between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania kills over 60 people. 1851 – US Congress authorizes paper…
1790 – Congress declares the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the permanent capital of the United States. 1867 – D.R. Averill of…
1863 – President Davis orders service duty for confederate army. 1870 – Georgia becomes last confederate state to be readmitted to US. 1912 – American…
1798 – 1st direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves. 1853 – US President Franklin Pierce opens World Fair-Exhibition of the Industry…
1787 – US Ordinance of 1787 passed, establishes first organized US territory. 1836 – US Patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels. 1868…
1882 – 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, D.C. 1901 – Cy Young wins his 300th game. 1909 – 16th Amendment was passed by…
Bladen Board of Education approved a $3,625,014 for 1985-86 budget. Bladen County Hospital Board of Trustees, acting on the recommendation of the Planning Committee and…
1798 – US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress. 1804 – Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary…
1862 – US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad. 1892 – 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio) 1913 – World’s official highest recorded temperature at…
1785 – James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt. 1878 – American inventor Henry Tibbe patents an improved corncob pipe design. 1910 –…
1797 – 1st US Senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment. 1835 – Liberty Bell cracks (again). 1870 – Governor Holden of North Carolina…
1863 – 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100) 1898 – US President McKinley signs the Organic Act to annex Hawaii. 1914 – Baltimore…
1841 – Thomas Cook opens first travel agency. 1865 – US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department. 1929 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: In…
By Blake Proctor This weekend, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the day in 1776 when our Founding Fathers declared the separation of the 13 colonies…
1776 – US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence from Britain. 1796 – 1st Independence Day celebration is held. 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is…
Yates A. Lennon of Bladenboro received his Bachelor of Science degree in pre-medicine from Davidson College. Lennon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross…
1819 – 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors. 1839 – 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington,…
1776 – New Jersey gives the right to vote to all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds. 1843 – An alligator…
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies. 1862 – US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal tax on inheritance,…
1870 – Ada Kepley becomes the 1st American female law college graduate (Old University of Chicago, later Northwestern) 1896 – W.S. Hadaway patents electric stove.…
1863 – George Armstrong Custer, age 23, appointed Union Brigadier General. 1891 – US National Forest Service organized. 1906 – US Congress pass the Hepburn…
1776 – Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress. 1870 – U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving…
John Q. Shaw, city executive for United Carolina Bank in Elizabethtown, named two new members of the bank’s local advisory board, They were H. Manley…
1893 – Great stock crash on NY stock exchange. 1914 – US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia. 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and…
1797 – Charles Newbold patents 1st cast iron plow, thought farmers fear effects of iron on soil. 1848 – 1st pure food law enacted in…
1798 – US Congress passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens. 1863 – US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more…
1497 – John Cabot claims Eastern Canada for England (believes he has found Asia in Nova Scotia) 1853 – US President Franklin Pierce signs the…
1810 – John Jacob Astor organizes the Pacific Fur Company in Astoria, Oregon. 1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the…