1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana. 1865 – Second Battle of Fort Fisher: Union Navy bombards Fort Fisher, North Carolina,…
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1799 – Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets. 1868 – North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh. 1919 – John McGraw, Charles A…
1863 – Chenille yarn making machine patented by William Canter in NYC. 1874 – US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king. 1920 –…
1865 – Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher, NC. 1896 – 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC) 1906 – 1st time Dow…
1897 – M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah) 1913 – 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto…
1776 – “Common Sense” pamphlet by Thomas Paine published, advocating American independence. 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1901 – Oil discovered at…
1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1936 – Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US Army. 1942…
• The Clarkton Woman’s Club was renovating the new Clarkton Library. The building that was formerly Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company was donated as a…
1790 – 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address. 1835 – US national debt is $0 for the first and…
1782 – 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia. 1890 – African American inventor William Purvis receives patent for the fountain…
1853 – Franklin Pierce, the President-elect of the United States at the time, and his family are involved in a train wreck in Massachusetts. 1893…
1854 – Steamship San Francisco wrecked off US eastern seaboard, 300 die. 1886 – “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis…
1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government 1865 – New York Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters…
1870 – Construction begins on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge; completed May 24, 1883. 1888 – 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in…
Here is what was happening in Bladen County in 1971: Bladen County businessman C.W. Greene of Elizabethtown passed away at the age of 78. Mr.…
1847 – Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment. 1863 – Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states.…
1696 – A window tax imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax. 1776 – Rhode Island establishes…
1861 – US banks stop payments in gold. 1903 – Electric arc lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago leaving 602 dead in one…
1848 – Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk’s administration) 1902 – “The Entertainer” is one of several piano rag compositions copyrighted for Scott…
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes 1st VP to resign (differences with President Jackson) 1867 – United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed…
1915 – US Iron and Steel workers begin a 3-week strike in Ohio for an eight-hour-say; they are successful as the US needs steel for…
Lillian Blackburn began her employment with Bob Hester’s Law Firm in 1945 and retired after 40 years of service in 1985. Irene Brisson was sworn…
1799 – George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as “1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in the hearts of his countrymen.”…
352 – 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on December 25th. 1651 – Massachusetts General Court ordered a five shilling fine for “observing any such…
1818 – Christmas carol “Silent Night” composed by Franz Xavier Gruber is first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Obernodorf, Austria. 1851 – Fire…
1882 – 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison. 1894 – United States Golf Association forms in New York. 1910 – US…
1864 – General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia. 1891 – 1st game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in…
1790 – 1st successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island built by Samuel Slater based on Richard Arkwright’s design. 1820 –…
1795 – 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky. 1823 – Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law in US. 1910 –…
1796 – 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore, Monitor) 1898 – Automobile speed record set (39 mph) 1917 – The 18th Amendment to…
1821 – Kentucky abolishes debtors’ prisons. 1900 – New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million. 1903 – The Wright Brothers make the 1st…
1773 – Boston tea party incident – Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbor in protest against British imposed Tea Ace. 1890…
1791 – US Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval, becomes amendments 1-10 of the US constitution. 1836 – Patent Office burns in…
1798 – David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine. 1862 – Battle of Kinston, fought in Lenoir County, North Carolina begins…
1774 – Paul Revere and Wentworth Cheswell ride to warn Portsmouth of the approach of British warships. 1918 – US army of occupation crosses Rhine,…
1800 – Washington, D.C., established as the capitol of the United States of America. 1870 – Joseph Rainey (South Carolina) becomes 1st African American to…
1902 – The US signs a treaty with Cuba allowing for a 20 percent reduction of tariffs on imported Cuban products. 1909 – Colored moving…
1836 – Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia. 1869 – Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)…
1861 – American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of War is established by the U.S. Congress. 1978 – Joseph Pulitzer buys St.…
1863 – Abraham Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South. 1886 – American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26…
Bladen County Health and Human Services Director, Dr. Teresa (Terri) Duncan confirmed Bladen County would be one of the first to receive the much anticipated…
1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1877 – Washington Post publishes 1st edition. 1907 – Coal mine explosions…
The Clarkton High Blue Devil football team defeated South Onslow 34-8 as they continued their quest in the 1A state playoffs. Clarkton had 362 yards…
1792 – George Washington re-elected as US President. 1848 – US President James K. Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming a gold discovery…
1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. 1899 – 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes. 1915 – Henry Ford’s peace ship, Oscar…
1911 – Willis Carter presents his influential “Rational Psychrometric Formulae” on air conditioning to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1931 – Alka Seltzer goes…
1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. 1901 – King…
1824 – US House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (Adams wins) 1878 – 1st…
1803 – Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France. 1886 – First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo, NY. 1924 –…
1775 – Sir James Jay invents invisible ink. 1877 – UN inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time. 1887 – US…
The Elizabethtown Jaycees raised over $3,000 in their annual American Cancer Society Jail-A-Thon. The Clarkton High School Blue Devil football team defeated Richlands High School…
1895 – America’s 1st auto race organized by the “Chicago Times-Herald” – Chicago to Evanston and back; 6 cars, 55 miles, Frank Duryea wins averaging…
1870 – The New York Times dubs baseball “The National Game” 1895 – Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel’s will establishes the Nobel Prize. 1901 – U.S.…
1789 – 1st National Thanksgiving in America. 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded. 1865 – “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is…
1792 – Benjamin Banneker first published his Farmer’s Almanac. 1834 – Delmonico’s one of NY’s finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee &…
1874 – American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire. 1896 – 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont. 1903 – Clyde Coleman of NYC…
1783 – Annapolis, Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784) 1897 – Pencil sharpener patented by J.L. Love. 1909 – Wright Brothers form million dollar…
1842 – Mount St Helens in Washington erupts. 1910 – Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs. 1923 – Calvin Coolidge pardons WW I German…
1789 – North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state. 1852 – Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College. 1865…
Two new doctors were welcomed to Bladen County. Dr. Betty Bradley and Dr. Chris Conavay were to begin their medical practice at the Bladenboro Medical…
1866 – Howard University founded in Washington, D.C. 1888 – Willard Bundy patents timecard clock. 1914 – US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports.…
1620 – The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast. 1805 – Lewis and Clark expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches…
1865 – Mark Twain publishes “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” 1872 – Suffragette Susan B. Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshall and…
1863 – Abraham Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address. 1884 – Cops arrest boxer john L. Sullivan in his 2nd round for being…
1801 – First edition of New York Evening Post. 1871 – National Rifle Association is first chartered in the State of New York. 1901 –…
1492 – Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco. 1777 – Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, is approved by…
1856 – American Gail Borden is issued a patent for technology related to his invention of condensed milk. 1883 – “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis…
One of southeastern North Carolina’s leading retailers, Leinwands of Elizabethtown, was celebrating their 50th anniversary in Elizabethtown. The undefeated Clarkton High School Blue Devil football…
1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes “Nothing…..certain but death and taxes” 1865 – US issues 1st gold certificates. 1900 – Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter…
1880 – Best selling American novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” by soldier Lew Wallace is published. 1910 – 1st possible movie stunt: man…
1909 – Construction of US navy base begins at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 1911 – Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and…
1885 – German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world’s first motorcycle. 1898 – Race riot in Wilmington, NC (8 blacks killed) 1908 – 1st Gideon…
1821 – 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia. 1857 – Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published. 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is 1st US President…
1899 – Montana admitted as 41st state of the Union. 1910 – 1st Washington State election in which women could vote. 1926 – George Gershwin’s…
The Clarkton High School Blue Devil’s football team was undefeated and heading to the first round state playoffs against Rosewood High School. The White Lake…
1874 – 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast. 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio to Columbus,…
1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-III) elected 16th American President. 1917 – New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in…
1872 – American women’s right to vote advocate Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant. 1895 – 1st US patent granted for auto (George…
1854 – Lighthouse built on Alcatraz Island. 1862 – Dr. Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis. 1914 – Vogue holds 1st model show…
1863 – US President Abraham Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. 1899 – J.S. Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaners. 1913 – US…
1867 – Women’s fashion magazine “Harpers Bazaar” is 1st published. 1889 – North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United…
1800 – John Adams becomes the first US President to live in the White House. 1834 – First published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat…
Elizabethtown voters returned commissioners Wallace Leinwand and Kenneth Kornegay to the board while electing newcomer James Andrews. Popular pharmacist “Doc” Stone bought the first ticket…
1868 – Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers. 1906 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar & Cleopatra” premieres in NYC. 1913 – 1st US paved…
1873 – P.T. Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts (New York City) 1894 – Daniel Cooper patents time clock. 1919 – Baseball league presidents…
1811 – 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans. 1872 – J. S. Risdon patents metal windmill. 1924 – “Dixie to Broadway” opens…
1790 – New York gives up claim to Vermont for $30,000. 1793 – Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin. 1858 – R.H.…
1775 – US Navy forms as the Continental Navy. 1810 – United States annexes West Florida from Spain. 1893 – Hurricane hits coast between Savannah,…
1492 – Lead (graphite) pencils first used. 1858 – Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine in Pittsburgh. 1881 – Gunfight at the OK Corral: The…
1829 – Eastern State Penitentiary is opened in Pennsylvania, the 1st prison in the United States to entirely use the solitary confinement system. 1870 –…
1861 – West Virginia secedes from Virginia. 1901 – First woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor) 1908 – Billy Murray…
A Bladen County Board of Education Blue Ribbon Commission proposed $6,036,150 in renovations to Bladen County Schools. These renovations were: Bladen Elementary $170,000, Bladenboro Primary…
1886 – St. Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10 innings. 1915 – An estimated 25,000 supporters in a women’s suffrage…
1746 – Princeton University (NJ) received its charter. 1861 – 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed. 1907 – Ringling Brothers Greatest Show…
1854 – Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War. 1869 – 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland…
1774 – American Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment. 1817 – 1st Mississippi “Showboat” leaves Nashville on maiden voyage. 1964 – US President Abraham Lincoln…
1914 – US Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail. 1915 – US bankers arrange a $500 million loan to the…
The 1985 North Carolina Tobacco Festival in Clarkton was termed “A great success, the best ever.” by Mayor Dan Meshaw. Some of the events were,…
1885 – Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season. 1904 – Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors in San…
1829 – Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston) 1875 – Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah. 1916 – Margaret Sanger opens…