1895 – Los Angeles Railway is established to provide streetcar service. 1915 – Pluto...
History
1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts...
1894 – United States and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering the...
*Representative Jimmy Green of Clarkton was honored by the North Carolina General Assembly in...
1830 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever with 31 shares traded. 1900...
1892 – New York state unveils automatic ballot booth, also called a voting machine....
1888 – Second largest snowfall in New York City history, 21 inches. 1900 –...
1888 – Great Blizzard of 1888 rages across the east coast of the United...
1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy...
1888 – Great blizzard of ’88 strikes northeastern United States. 1897 – A meteorite...
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina. 1903 – Harry Gammeter of Cleveland...
*Bladen County Board of Commissioners gave favorable reception to a request for funds to...
1822 – Charles Graham of New York granted the first US patent for artificial...
1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment...
1887 – North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly....
1886 – First automobile in Detroit: Charles B. King rides his “Horseless Carriage.” 1902...
1836 – Samuel Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Company manufactures the first pistol, a 36-caliber...
A Special Day at Tar Heel School with Bladen County Sheriff’s Office; Celebrating the Joy of Reading
A staff report Contributed photos In the heart of Bladen County, a unique event...
1902 – American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago. 1909 – United States prohibits...
1847 – US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps. 1877 –...
1899 – President William McKinley signs bill creating Mt. Rainier National Park. It becomes...
1781 – Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the final constitution of...
1892 – Britain and United States sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea....
1903 – Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buy Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000. 1909 –...
1901 – National League rules committee decrees that all foul balls are to count...
1907 – Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1907 –...
Three Elizabethtown citizens were honored at the Elizabethtown Jaycee DSA Banquet. Joseph B. Chandler,...
1836 – Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be...
*Three Elizabethtown citizens were honored at the Elizabethtown Jaycee DSA Banquet. Joseph B. Chandler,...
1888 – Louisville, Kentucky, becomes first government in US to adopt Australian ballot (secret...
1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hershfield. 1903 – The United States and...
1882 – James Saunders wins New York City’s 24 hour race and $100 prize...
1887 – Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday. 1895...
1902 – Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths in San...
1881 – Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages. 1906 – Will...
1879 – Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for...
*Mrs. Ann Hood, Director of Cultural Arts, appointed two Bladen women of Sencland Crafts,...
1865 – Columbia, South Carolina burns down during the Civil War. 1897 – National...
1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company established. It’s the precursor of the automobile manufacturer....
1879 – Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court. 1898 –...
1899 – Congress begins using voting machines. 1912 – First US submarines with diesel...
1895 – Moving picture projector patented. 1905 – A state record minus-40 degrees in...
1908 – Anna Jeanes bequests $1 million to Swarthmore to permanently give up all...
1895 – Georgetown becomes a part of Washington, D.C. 1903 – Congress adopts the...
*Ellen McDuffie of Council received a check from Four County Electric for winning second...
RALEIGH, N.C. — The men who built our state’s most iconic building, although they...
1897 – New York Times begins using slogan “All the News That’s Fit to...
1870 – US Army establishes National Weather Service. 1900 – Dwight Davis establishes a...
1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC. Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound. 1910...
1904 – Baltimore catches fire. There are 1,500 buildings destroyed over an 80-block area....
1869 – Harper’s Weekly publishes first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers. 1891...
1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the...
1908 – Star #46 was added to the US flag for Oklahoma with the...
*Captain Keith Dennis of Elizabethtown was promoted to Major in the North Carolina National...
1894 – First US steel sailing vessel, Dingo, launched at Bath, Maine. 1913 –...
1892 – Longest boxing match under modern rules: 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between...
1862 – Ralph Waldo Emerson and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner meet with President Abraham...
1874 – Jesse James gang robs a train at Gads Hill, Missouri. 1905 –...
1873 – “Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne is published in...
1892 – The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. 1900 – American League...
1902 – Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C. 1914 – Beverly Hills, California, is...
1880 – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp. 1894 – University of Chicago beats...
1871 – US income tax repealed. 1905 – World’s largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan,...
1825 – First US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic in Troy, New York. 1881...
1901 – Denmark and the United States sign a treaty under which Denmark will...
1845 – Uniform US election day for President and VP authorized. 1889 – Daniel...
1908 – Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the one-day old...
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile. 1915 – Kiwanis International founded in Detroit....
*New Farm Bureau officers were elected. They were Byron Melvin, President, Colvin Council, Vice...
1887 – Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor. 1920 – The American...
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison,...
1902 – Despite reports that favor the United States building a route through Nicaragua...
1899 – United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific. 1917 –...
1865 – Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit. 1917...
1815 – War of 1812: the USS President, an American frigate, is captured by...
1799 – American inventor Eli Whitney receives a government contract for 10,000 muskets. 1868...
*A third hearing was held at Bladen Community College concerning lake regulations in Bladen...
1912 – A state record minus-40 degrees in Oakland, Maryland. 1920 – New York...
1773 – First public museum established in North American colonies in Charleston, South Carolina....
1894 – Martha Hughes Cannon takes office as the first woman state senator in...
1870 – Standard Oil Company created by John D. Rockefeller (30%), his brother and...
1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in...
1835 – United States national debt is $0 for the first and only time...
1899 – Walter Camp publishes his first All-American football team in Collier’s. 1916 –...
Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1974: •...
1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed...
1904 – A Pennsylvania state-record minus-42 degrees in Smethport. 1914 – Industrialist Henry Ford...
By Leyton Ezzell On January 21st, 1971, the Elizabethtown Cougars were able to beat...
1896 – Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah was admitted as the 45th state....
1888 – First wax drinking straw patented by Marvin C. Stone in Washington, D.C....
1905 – Willis Carrier receives a US patent for the world’s first air conditioner....
Here are three things to know for Monday, Jan. 1: 1. Polar Plunge: Today,...
1797 – Albany replaces New York City as capital of New York. 1862 -1st...
1776 – Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is...
* The first snow of winter came to Bladen County. * The Bladen County...
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces the existence of other galactic systems at...
1813 – British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812. 1890 – US...
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes first vice president to resign. He left office...
1845 – Ether first used in childbirth in the United States in Jefferson, Georgia....
1818 – Christmas carol “Silent Night” composed by Franz Xavier Gruber is sung at...