Former Clarkton Police Chief Steve Gunsallus graduated from the North Carolina Highway Patrol School...
History
1896 – 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC) 1896 – First...
1896 – 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC) 1896 – First...
1871 – 1st cable car patented, by Andrew Smith Hallidie in the US (begins...
1865 – Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher, NC, 40 die. 1868 –...
1861 – Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis. 1865 – Ft. Fisher, NC, falls...
1799 – Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets. 1868 – North Carolina...
1794 – Congress changes US flag to 15 stars and 15 strips. 1863 –...
Garland Roth was elected President of The Bladen County Law Enforcement Association. Karen Storms...
1773 – First public museum established in north America colonies (Charleston, SC) 1812 –...
1838 – First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at...
1776 – “Common Sense” pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published advocating American Independence. 1870 –...
1848 – 1st commercial bank in San Francisco established. 1894 – New England Telephone...
1790 – 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address....
1714 – Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built later) 1830 – 1st US...
1639 – Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed. 1838 –...
1836 – Davy Crockett arrives in Nacogdoches, Texas, to aid the revolution. 1854 –...
1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government....
1871 – Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY. 1888 – 1st wax drinking...
1811 – US Sen. Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated...
1673 – Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston. 1797 – Albany replaces...
1776 – Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is...
1835 – Georgia gold rush forces the Cherokees to move across the Mississippi. 1854...
1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston. 1813 –...
1832 – John C Calhoun becomes 1st VP to resign (differences with President Jackson)...
1845 – Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia. 1862 –...
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...
1818 – Christmas carol “Silent Night” composed by Franz Xaver Gruber is first sung...
1776 – Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France. 1788 – Maryland votes...
1807 – U.S. Congress passes Embargo Act and President Thomas Jefferson signs into law. ...
Bladen County Hospital showed a profit for October 1984. Wilbur Register was elected Chairman...
1620 – 102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts....
1790 – 1st successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island...
1732 – Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of “Poor Richard’s...
1860 – South Carolina declared an “independent commonwealth” 1892 – Peter IIyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet...
1821 – Kentucky abolishes debtors’ prisons. 1900 – New Ellis Island Immigration station completed...
1773 – Boston tea party incident – Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments...
1791 – 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania. 1791 – US...
The Bladen Technical College Board of Trustees named Lynn King of Dublin as the...
1849 – 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1862...
1816 – Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston. 1879 –...
1800 – Washington, D.C., established as the capital of the United States of America....
1620 – 102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts....
1672 – New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York &...
1793 – Noah Webster establishes New York’s 1st daily newspaper, the “American Minerva” 1861...
1792 – 1st cremation in US: Henry Laurens. 1863 – Abraham Lincoln issues his...
1787 – Delaware is the 1st state to ratify the US constitution. 1842 –...
1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1865...
1792 – George Washington re-elected as US President. 1831 – Former US President John...
1816 – James Monroe is elected to become the 5th President of the United...
1775 – First official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard naval vessel USS...
1812 – James Madison re-elected President of the US, Elbridge Gerry, Vice-President. 1823 –...
Bladenboro resident Cecil Nance was named Resident Director of Saul’s Resident Hall at Campbell...
1824 – US House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between...
1753 – Benjamin Franklin receives the Godfrey Copley medal “on account of his curious...
1877 – US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time....
1853 – Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory. 1861 – Confederate congress officially...
Contributed Moores Creek National Battlefield will be holding a “Christmas in the Colonies” event...
1889 – 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P...
1716 – 1st lion exhibited in America, in Boston. 1789 – 1st national Thanksgiving...
1715 – First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn. 1792 –...
1835 – Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government. 1874 –...
1783 – Annapolis, Maryland becomes US capital (until June 1784) 1835 – Henry Burden...
The 31 members of the Bladen County Blue Ribbon Commission began it’s study of...
1842 – Mount St Helens in Washington erupts. 1884 – T Thomas Fortune starts...
1908 – 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna, Pennsylvania. 1914 –...
1866 – Howard University founded (Washington, D.C.) 1888 – Willard Bundy patents timecard clock....
1805 – Lewis and Clark expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches...
1820 – Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt. Nathaniel B Palmer. 1865 – Mark...
In September of 1984 Bladen County Hospital showed a profit of $2,258.23 for the...
1901 – First edition of New York Evening Post. 1824 – New York...
1620 – Myles Standish leads 16 men in a foot exploration of the northern...
1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes “Nothing…..certain but death & taxes” 1843 – Mt. Rainier...
1915 – Theodore W Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry....
1775 – The Second Continental Congress forms Continental Marines, precursor to the United States...
1821 – 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia. 1857 – Atlantic Monthly...
1731 – In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st library in the North American colonies....
1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition first sights the Pacific Ocean at the mouth...
1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-ILL) elected 16th American President. 1888 -Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats...
1639 – First Post Office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts. 1773...
1841 – First wagon train arrives in California. 1862 – Dr. Richard Gatling patents...
1852 – Franklin Pierce elected as President of US. 1867 – Women’s fashion magazine...
1800 – John Adams becomes the first US President to live in the White...
1837 – Collision of river boats Monmouth & Trement on Mississippi; 300 die. 1868...
1768 – First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC) 1866...
1872 – J. S. Risdon patents metal windmill. 1904 – First intercity trucking service...
1636 – Harvard University, Cambridge, founded by a vote of the Massachusetts General Court....
1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn. 1838 – Missouri Governor...
Rufus Edmisten, candidate for Governor of North Carolina, visited Bladen County. The student body...
1780 – John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. 1870 – Postcards first...
1861 – West Virginia secedes from Virginia. 1881 – Levi P Morton, US ambassador...
1813 – The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over...
1836 – Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas....
1797 – The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) is launched in Boston. 1869 – 1st...
1774 – American Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment. 1803 – US Senate ratifies...
Steve Wallace was elected President of the Elizabethtown Kiwanis Club. Mary Pait was the...
1630 – In Boston, the 1st general court is held. 1870 – 1st African...
1767 – Mason Dixon line, the boundary between Maryland & Pennsylvania agreed upon. 1776...
Thursday night NFL action … KC Chiefs 30 – Denver Broncos 6. MLB results...