1789 – George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration. 1818 – Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot...
History
1817 – 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford, Connecticut) 1874 – NY...
1828 – First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication....
1796 – First elephant arrives in US from India. 1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina,...
1861 – Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by the Confederacy, beginning the...
1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. 1898 –...
1841 – New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley. 1869 – Congress...
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported six wrecks in Bladen County. Four drivers were...
1865 – President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South...
1879 – Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time. 1913 – 17th Amendment...
1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves Fort Maden beginning their journey to the...
1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model. 1853 – Piano company...
1818 – Congress decides on the US flag: 13 red and white stripes &...
1860 – Pony Express began between St Joseph, Missouri & Sacramento, California. 1882 –...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners called upon the Board of Elections to set...
1827 – US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils. 1866...
1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$” symbol. 1853 – Cincinnati...
1880 – 1st town to claim to be completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash,...
1867 – Alaska purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,300,000 ($109 million in...
1848 – Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam....
1866 – 1st ambulance service goes into service. 1881 – “Greatest Show On Earth”...
1855 – Abraham Gesner patents kerosene. 1866 – US President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil...
Bladen County joined the state wide Medical Examiners System for the investigation and certification...
1820 – Future Mormon church leader Joseph Smith has his “First Vision” in a...
1865 – SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400....
1832 – Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio. 1868 – Metropolitan...
1865 – General Sherman and Cox’ troops reach Goldsboro, North Carolina. 1896 – The...
West Point Pepperell announced that they would be locating a 63,000 square foot plant...
1861 – 1st US nursing school chartered. 1871 – William Holden of North Carolina...
1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return...
1816 – US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions. 1865...
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city. 1883 – Jan Matzeliger invents first...
1818 – US Congress approves 1st pensions for government services. 1881 – Barnum &...
1762 – 1st St. Patrick’s Day parade in NYC. 1845 – Bristol man Henry...
1802 – US Army Corp of Engineers established (2nd time) 1839 – New York...
1855 – Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine. 1892 – New York...
1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in...
Part of the American Resue Plan Act, known as the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal...
James R. Powell was named Man Of The Year by the Elizabethtown-White Lake Chamber...
1868 – US Congress abolishes manufacturer’s tax. 1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles...
1779 – US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) 1865 – General William...
1791 – John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver. 1849 – Abraham...
1822 – Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth. 1897...
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1884 – Susan B. Anthony...
1801 – Massachusetts enacts first voter registration law. 1854 – Charles Miller patents 1st...
1810 – Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US. 1899 – “Aspirin” (acetylsalicylic...
A new Jaycee chapter was formed in Clarkton with 38 charter members. The chapter...
1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model. 1853 – Piano company...
by Leyton Ezzell, BladenOnline Intern “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in...
1789 – 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13...
1812 – US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake victims) 1837 –...
1799 – Congress standardizes US weights & measurements. 1866 – 1st US company to...
1790 – 1st US census authorized. 1847 – Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to...
1784 – John Wesley charters Methodist Church. 1854 – Republican Party formally organized in...
1813 – 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted. 1872 – Charlotte Ray, 1st African American...
Bladen County’s population in 1970 was 26,477, down 8.3% from the 1960 census of ...
1802 – Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library. 1871 –...
by Leyton Ezzell February 24, 1836, enter the show of an Alabama native known...
1799 – US Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation. 1836 – Samuel Colt patents...
1868 – US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew...
1813 – 1st US raw cotton-to-cotton mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts. 1886 – Aluminum...
By Danna Martínez Human beings have stood out for their extraordinary imagination and creative...
1860 – Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time between the Eagles...
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile. 1915 – Kiwanis International founded in Detroit....
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported that eleven wrecks took place in Bladen County...
1792 – US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance. 1872 –...
1807 – US Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason, later acquitted....
1879 – Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the...
1815 – Treaty of Ghent ratified by the US Senate and signed by President...
1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions. 1852 –...
1799 – 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania. 1842 – 1st adhesive postage stamps...
1794 – 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia. 1876 –...
By Danna Martínez The Sixteenth President of the United States of America. A politician,...
The Elizabethtown High School Band, under the direction of Ray Haney, was invited to...
1873 – US Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1873, abolishing bimetallism and placing...
1812 – Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry sings a redistricting bill – first “gerrymander” 1861...
1855 – US citizenship laws amended; all children of US parents born abroad granted...
1870 – US Army establishes US National Weather Service. 1889 – The United States...
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. 1918...
1795 – 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states. 1839 –...
1869 – Harper’s Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers. 1894...
1850 – Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY. 1900 – The...
1789 – 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams...
1834 – Wake Forest University is established in North Carolina. 1863 – Samuel Clemens...
1869 – James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade. 1892 – Bottle cap...
The photo above is an example of local people of color honored for their...
1790 – US Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) 1843 – Oldest continuous writer...
1851 – San Francisco Orphan’s Asylum founded, 1st in California. 1865 – Congress passes...
1800 – US population: 5,308,483: African American population 1,002,037 (18.9%) 1873 – “Around the...
Rick McKenzie, lineman with the Elizabethtown High School Cougar football team, was selected to...
1892 – The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. 1907 – Charles Curtis...
1864 – Battle of New Bern, North Carolina. 1878 – 1st telephone exchange (New...
1870 – After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is re-admitted to the Union. 1880 –...
1905 – World’s largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa. 1907...
1799 – 1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont. 1877 –...
1899 – Rubber heel for boots or shoes patented by American Humphrey O’Sullivan. 1908...
1849 – US Patent granted for an envelope-making machine to Jesse K. Park and...
The Bank of Elizabethtown elected their new officers and board. James H. Clark, Jr....
1908 – Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the 1-day old...
By Leyton Ezzell October 8th, 1582, Julius Caesar conquered for the Roman Empire, which...