1816 – US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions. 1865...
History
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city. 1883 – Jan Matzeliger invented the...
1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts...
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1894 – US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering the US....
1830 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1865 –...
1869 – With 10 salaried players, Cincinnati Red Stockings become baseball’s first professional team....
1812 – Congress authorizes war bonds to finance the War of 1812. 1862 –...
1852 – Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern...
1755 – 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine....
1779 – US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) 1865 – General William...
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina. 1910 – Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing....
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1933 – US Congress is called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1884 – Susan B. Anthony...
1865 – 10 battles around Kinston, North Carolina during the Civil War. 1876 –...
1896 – 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B. King rides his “Horseless Carriage” 1918...
1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model. 1853 – Piano company...
1789 – 1st Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)...
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1812 – US passes first foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake victims) 1837 –...
1799 – Congress standardizes US weights & measures. 1819 – US passed first immigration...
1781 – Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of...
1784 – John Wesley charters Methodist Church. 1854 – Republican Party formally organized in...
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1827 – 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. 1901 – NL Rules Committee...
1907 – Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1907 –...
1836 – Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to...
1839 – Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia. 1911 – Japan and the...
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city 1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced...
1865 – Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals. 1879 – 1st...
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1792 – US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance. 1872 –...
1906 – W.K. Kellogg (after falling out with a brother over development of credit...
1865 – Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft. Anderson, NC. 1885 – Mark...
1801 – US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie by electing Thomas Jefferson...
1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions. 1861 –...
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1887 – Cubs sell Mark King Kelly to Boston for $10,000. 1899 – Congress...
1795 – 1st state university in the US opens, University of North Carolina. 1861...
1909 – National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms. 1914 –...
1895 – Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C. 1903 – Congress adopts the Expedition...
1855 – US citizenship laws amended, all children of US parents born abroad granted...
1886 – President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of...
1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound. 1898...
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1862 – Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island, NC. 1915 – 1st wireless message...
1820 – US population announced at 9,638,453, African Americans 1,771,656 (18.4%) 1869 – Harper’s...
1870 – 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia. 1900 – The...
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads. 1914 – US Congress...
1876 – Albert Spaulding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing first official...
1802 – 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents) 1869 – James...
1790 – US Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) 1840 – Oldest continuous...
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1800 – US population: 5,308,483; African American population 1,002,037 (18.9%) 1873 – “Around the...
1834 – President Jackson orders first use of US troops to suppress a labor...
1880 – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp. 1915 – US Marines occupy Haiti....
1784 – Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as American symbol. 1871 – US...
1877 – Congress establishes the Electoral Commission to determine the disputed presidential election between...
1848 – James Marshall finds gold in Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. 1908 –...
• The Elizabethtown Jaycees had their DSA Banquet with main speaker Lou Holtz, coach...
1903 – The Hay-Herran Treaty concerning the USA’s right to the Panama Canal is...
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile. 1908 – “Sullivan Ordinance” is passed in...
1887 – Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor. 1920 – The American...
1825 – Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans....
1896 – 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC) 1916 – A...
1899 – US takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific. 1916 – Rodman...
• The first snow and ice of the year brought things to a halt...
1879 – January record 13 inches of snow falls in NYC (broken January 7,...
1831 – 1st US built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run....
1868 – North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh. 1919 – John McGraw, Charles...
1912 – -40 degrees F, Oakland Maryland (State Record) 1920 – NY Times editorial...
1896 – 1st X-ray photo in the US (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson, N.C.) 1906...
1873 – First livestock market newspaper published, Drover’s Journal, Chicago. 1913 – 1st sedan-type...
1901 – Oil discovered at Spindletop, Beaumont, marking the start of the Texas oil...
• Jim Holshouser Jr., of Boone, was sworn in as the 63rd Governor of...
1903 – Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League’s Baltimore baseball franchise...
1790 – 1st President George Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address. 1835...
1896 – Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook “The Boston Cooking School Cook Book”...
1898 – 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake. 1914 –...
1914 – Industrialist Henry Ford announces his $5 minimum per-day wage, doubling most workers’...
1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government....
1842 – Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine leave Liverpool, England for America on...
1900 – John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China....
1890 – The Rose Parade, then known as the Tournament of Roses, was first...
1862 – Union ironclad ship “Monitor” sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 1904 –...
1917 – Minus 32 degrees in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) 1918 – John...
1848 – Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk’s Administration) 1891 – Edison...
1732 – Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders begins publication of “Poor Richard’s...
1845 – Ether 1st used in childbirth in the US in Jefferson, Georgia. 1902...
• The East Bladen Senior Band, under Band Master Ray Haney, was invited to...
1799 – George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as “1st in war,...
352 – 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on December 25th. 1621 – Governor...
1851 – Fire devastates the US Library of Congress in Washington, destroys 35,000 volumes....
1862 – Union General Ben “Beast” Butler is proclaimed a “felon, outlaw & common...
1882 – 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison. 1910 –...
1909 – 1st junior high school established (Berkeley, California) 1913 – 1st crossword puzzle...
1790 – 1st successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island...
1777 – Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for the winter. 1854...
1917 – The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, authorizing prohibition of alcohol, is approved...
