1861 – President Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) 1906 – San Francisco earthquake ends killing 452. 1924 – “National Barn Dance” premieres…
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1865 – Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General William T. Sherman in North Carolina. 1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing…
1860 – Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight out brutal 2 hour, 27 minute draw near Farnborough, England, police had to…
Bladen County municipal elections were to be held with a full set of candidates. Mayoral candidates were: Clarkton, incumbent Lem Smith and Dan McNeill. White…
1789 – George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration. 1818 – Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat…
1817 – 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford, Connecticut) 1874 – NY legislature passes compulsory education law. 1892 – General Electric Company formed…
1828 – First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication. 1865 – US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head…
1796 – First elephant arrives in US from India. 1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces. 1911 – The US House of Representatives…
1861 – Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by the Confederacy, beginning the American Civil War. 1869 – North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux…
1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. 1898 – President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War dedication. 1900 – The first…
1841 – New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley. 1869 – Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9. 1913…
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported six wrecks in Bladen County. Four drivers were arrested, a horse and a deer were killed, and property damage…
1865 – President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end, this is the commonly accepted end…
1879 – Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time. 1913 – 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Congress, providing for…
1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves Fort Maden beginning their journey to the Pacific Ocean. 1827 – English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.…
1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model. 1853 – Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinway (later Henry Steinway) in…
1818 – Congress decides on the US flag: 13 red and white stripes & 20 stars. 1902 – Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10…
1860 – Pony Express began between St Joseph, Missouri & Sacramento, California. 1882 – Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood…
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners called upon the Board of Elections to set up a special election for a 1 cent sales tax referendum…
1827 – US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils. 1866 – US President Andrew Johnson ends civil war in Alabama, Arkansas,…
1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$” symbol. 1853 – Cincinnati becomes 1st US city to employ fulltime professional firefighters. 1889 –…
1880 – 1st town to claim to be completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana) 1906 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is…
1867 – Alaska purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,300,000 ($109 million in 2018), roughly 2 cents an acre. 1870 – 15th Amendment to…
1848 – Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam. 1852 – Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and…
1866 – 1st ambulance service goes into service. 1881 – “Greatest Show On Earth” formed by P.T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey. 1885 – US…
1855 – Abraham Gesner patents kerosene. 1866 – US President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment. 1890 – A tornado…
Bladen County joined the state wide Medical Examiners System for the investigation and certification of criminal, suspicious and unattended deaths. Medical Examiners for Bladen County…
1820 – Future Mormon church leader Joseph Smith has his “First Vision” in a wooded area of New York, according to Mormon scholars. 1872 –…
1865 – SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400. 1882 – 1st demonstration of pancake making, held at a department…
1832 – Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio. 1868 – Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms. 1900 – New York City Mayor Robert…
1865 – General Sherman and Cox’ troops reach Goldsboro, North Carolina. 1896 – The Raines Law is passed by the New York Legislature, restricting Sunday…
West Point Pepperell announced that they would be locating a 63,000 square foot plant on highway 87 west of Elizabethtown. The plant will cost over…
1861 – 1st US nursing school chartered. 1871 – William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment. 1903 – US Anthracite Coal…
1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world. 1907 – US…
1816 – US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions. 1865 – 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina. 1886 –…
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city. 1883 – Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes. 1915 – Pluto photographed for 1st…
1818 – US Congress approves 1st pensions for government services. 1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, travelling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts at…
1762 – 1st St. Patrick’s Day parade in NYC. 1845 – Bristol man Henry Jones patents self-rising flour. 1894 – US & China sign treaty…
1802 – US Army Corp of Engineers established (2nd time) 1839 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1865 – Battle…
1855 – Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine. 1892 – New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machines) 1912 – Cy Young…
1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states. 1862 – Battle of New Bern, North…
Part of the American Resue Plan Act, known as the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds legislation, was signed into law by President Joe Biden…
James R. Powell was named Man Of The Year by the Elizabethtown-White Lake Chamber of Commerce. Bobby Guyton, Vice-Chairman of the 1971 N. C. Blueberry…
1868 – US Congress abolishes manufacturer’s tax. 1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi.…
1779 – US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) 1865 – General William T. Sherman’s Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina. 1897 – A…
1791 – John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver. 1849 – Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so)…
1822 – Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth. 1897 – Cleveland Indians fans start calling the team “Indians” (1n 1915…
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the…
1801 – Massachusetts enacts first voter registration law. 1854 – Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes. 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell…
1810 – Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US. 1899 – “Aspirin” (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffman at German company Bayer. 1902 –…
A new Jaycee chapter was formed in Clarkton with 38 charter members. The chapter was sponsored by the Bladenboro Jaycees. A banquet was held in…
1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model. 1853 – Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (Later Henry Steinway) in…
by Leyton Ezzell, BladenOnline Intern “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” –…
1789 – 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) 1829 – Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson…
1812 – US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake victims) 1837 – Congress increases US Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9. 1875…
1799 – Congress standardizes US weights & measurements. 1866 – 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Conn. 1877 – US Electoral…
1790 – 1st US census authorized. 1847 – Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1909…
1784 – John Wesley charters Methodist Church. 1854 – Republican Party formally organized in Ripon, Wisconsin. 1909 – 1st National Woman’s Day is observed in…
1813 – 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted. 1872 – Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University. 1919 – American…
Bladen County’s population in 1970 was 26,477, down 8.3% from the 1960 census of 28,881. F.L. Tatum of White Oak was honored for his 22…
1802 – Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library. 1871 – US income tax repealed. 1907 – 1st US federal corrupt election…
by Leyton Ezzell February 24, 1836, enter the show of an Alabama native known as Colonel Williams Travis; under heavy fire from cannons and guns,…
1799 – US Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation. 1836 – Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be fired multiple…
1868 – US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson. 1888 – Louisville, Kentucky, becomes 1st government in US to…
1813 – 1st US raw cotton-to-cotton mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts. 1886 – Aluminum manufacturing process developed. 1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield.…
By Danna Martínez Human beings have stood out for their extraordinary imagination and creative spirit; this has solved significant problems for industries and deepened people’s…
1860 – Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time between the Eagles and the Red Rovers. 1865 – Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort…
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile. 1915 – Kiwanis International founded in Detroit. 1935 – The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists. 1941 –…
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported that eleven wrecks took place in Bladen County in the past seven days. Heather Ross Miller of Kelly, internationally…
1792 – US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance. 1872 – Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin. 1927 – Golfers in…
1807 – US Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason, later acquitted. 1878 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his gramophone…
1879 – Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty. 1885 – Mark Twain publishes the “Adventures of…
1815 – Treaty of Ghent ratified by the US Senate and signed by President James Madison ending War of 1812, over a month after if…
1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions. 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.…
1799 – 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania. 1842 – 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC. 1879 – US Congress authorizes…
1794 – 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia. 1876 – Alexander G. Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents,…
By Danna Martínez The Sixteenth President of the United States of America. A politician, and a lawyer, known for abolishing slavery and modernizing the economy…
The Elizabethtown High School Band, under the direction of Ray Haney, was invited to participate in the Six Flags Over Georgia Concert Band Festival. David…
1873 – US Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1873, abolishing bimetallism and placing the country on the gold standard. 1909 – National Association for…
1812 – Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry sings a redistricting bill – first “gerrymander” 1861 – US President-elect Abraham Lincoln takes train from Springfield, IL to…
1855 – US citizenship laws amended; all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship. 1863 – 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to…
1870 – US Army establishes US National Weather Service. 1889 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet level agency.…
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. 1918 – “Stars & Strips”, weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published.…
1795 – 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states. 1839 – Henry Clay declares in Senate “I had rather be right than…
1869 – Harper’s Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers. 1894 – Bottle opener patented by William Painter. 1911 – 1st old-age…
1850 – Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY. 1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal.…
1789 – 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President. 1824 – J.W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public.…
1834 – Wake Forest University is established in North Carolina. 1863 – Samuel Clemens first uses the pen name Mark Twain in a Virginia City…
1869 – James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade. 1892 – Bottle cap patented by William Painter. 1901 – The US Congress passes the…
The photo above is an example of local people of color honored for their work. Mrs. Charity Brooks of Elizabethtown was honored for her exceptional…
1790 – US Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) 1843 – Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America – The Mutual Life Insurance Company of…
1851 – San Francisco Orphan’s Asylum founded, 1st in California. 1865 – Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (passes 121-24) 1905 –…
1800 – US population: 5,308,483: African American population 1,002,037 (18.9%) 1873 – “Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne is published in France…
Rick McKenzie, lineman with the Elizabethtown High School Cougar football team, was selected to play in the East-West football game in Greensboro. McKenzie was a…
1892 – The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. 1907 – Charles Curtis becomes U.S. Senator, first Native American to become a Senator. 1920…
1864 – Battle of New Bern, North Carolina. 1878 – 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, Connecticut) 1902 – Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C. 1915…
1870 – After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is re-admitted to the Union. 1880 – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp. 1915 – US Marines occupy…
1905 – World’s largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa. 1907 – 1st US federal corrupt election practices law passed. 1913 –…
1799 – 1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont. 1877 – Congress establishes the Electoral Commission to determine the disputed presidential election…
1899 – Rubber heel for boots or shoes patented by American Humphrey O’Sullivan. 1908 – Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell publishes “Scouting for Boys” as a…