1829 – Tremont Hotel, 1st US hotel opens (Boston) 1848 – 1st US homeopathic...
History
Monday night NFL action … Green Bay Packers 23 – Detroit Lions 22. MLB...
1789 – 1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England. 1846 – Dr. William Thomas...
1834 – First African-American granted a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter....
The towns of Bladenboro and Elizabethtown were awarded the Governor’s Community of Excellence Awards....
1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London. 1740 – English evangelist...
1881 – David Houston patents roll film for cameras. 1887 – A. Miles patents...
1845 – Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis. 1871 –...
1837 – Steamboat “Home” sinks off Okracoke, North Carolina, killing 100. 1855 – American...
1633 – Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its first government. 1860 – Telegraph line between...
1492 – Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course. 1765 – Stamp Act...
1857 – The City of Anaheim is founded. 1892 – Dalton Gang ends in...
1880 – University of California founded in Los Angeles. 1915 – Dinosaur National Monument...
1789 – Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on November 26. 1849 – American...
1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty. 1854 – The...
1777 – Continental Congress flees to York, Pa., as British forces advance. 1846 –...
1859 – 1st passenger train service to Peekskill, New York (New Haven Railroad) 1879...
Hurricane Diana swept thru Bladen County causing over $1 million worth of damages. Republican...
1710 – Divorce legalized in Maryland. 1850 – US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment....
1852 – George L. Aiken’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” premieres in Troy, N.Y. 1864 –...
1772 – New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine. 1872 –...
1639 – First printing press in America. 1789 – US Congress proposes the Bill...
1851 – City of Des Moines, Iowa incorporated as Fort Des Moines. 1862 –...
1792 – Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser becomes the 1st successful daily newspaper in...
The Duck’s Unlimited banquet for Bladen County was scheduled to be held at the...
1814 – “Star Spangled Banner” published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key,...
1787 – The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention. 1859...
1789 – US Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State. 1831 – The...
Bladen County was preparing for another hurricane attack. Hurrican Diana was bearing down on...
1716 – 1st lighthouse in American colonies lit (Boston Harbor) 1814 – Francis Scott...
1789 – 1st loan to US government (from NYC banks) 1869 – Jay Gould...
1773 – Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace”...
1846 – Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine....
1565 – 1st permanent European settlement in the US founded at St. Augustine, Florida....
A club championship tournament was held at Oak Grove Golf Course. The ladies club...
1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts if founded. 1913 – “Uncle Sam” 1st...
1716 – 1st lighthouse built in North America (Boston) 1819 – Thomas Blanchard patents...
1826 – USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe. 1891...
1798 – First bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821...
1752 – Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia. 1799 – Bank of Manhattan Company opens...
1837 – Ralph Waldo Emerson gives his famous “The American Soldier” speech to Phi...
It was announced that the Jaycee Chapter in Elizabethtown was number one in North...
1836 – The City of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John...
1830 – 1st American built locomotive, “Tom Thumb” races a horse-drawn car from Stockton...
1859 – 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by Edwin Drake. 1881...
1791 – John Fitch granted US patent for his working steamboat. 1843 – Charles...
1814 – British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books (War of 1812)...
Mark Little of Clarkton was announced as the new head baseball coach and assistant...
1814 – British forces capture Washington, D.C. and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812)...
1850 – 1st US National Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Worchester, Massachusetts. 1869 –...
1848 – The United States annexes New Mexico. 1865 – William Sheppard is issued...
1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blind. 1878 – American Bar Association organizes at...
1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over. 1896 – Dial...
1812 – US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere. 1849 – NY Herald reports...
1735 – Evening Post begins publishing (Boston, Mass) 1838 – United States Exploring Expedition...
Sylvia Horton was elected president of the Elizabethtown chapter of the American Business Womens...
1807 – Robert Fulton’s steamboat Clermont begins first trip up Hudson River. 1846 –...
1861 – US President Abraham Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy. 1870...
September 17th, 1976, Dawson Singletary in his bulk tobacco barn was featured in The...
1635 – 1st recorded North American hurricane hits the Plymouth colony. 1848 – M....
1820 – 1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC. 1846...
1852 – Steamer “Atlantic” crossing Lake Erie from Buffalo to Detroit collided with a...
1851 – American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine. 1856 – Anthony Fass...
1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada) 1874 – Harry S....
The Elizabethtown Rescue Squad reported that in the previous month they made a total...
1776 – American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches...
1842 – US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty. 1904 – Libanus McLouth Todd of...
1786 – US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the money unit for the...
1782 – George Washington creates the Purple Heart medal (original name Badge of Military...
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school...
1812 – War of 1812: Tecumseh’s Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne’s 200...
1862 – US government collects its 1st income tax. 1892 – Sunday school teacher...
The town commissioners of White Lake announced that the White Lake ABC store would...
1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with three ships, Santa...
The Mother County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, August 10th, from 12-2 pm at...
1867 – Blacks vote for 1st time in a US state election in the...
1790 – 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. 1876...
1733 – Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston. 1869 – The...
1786 – 1st newspaper published west of Alleghenies, Pitts Gazette. 1847 – Cumberland School...
The Board of Directors of Bladen County Hospital announced that the hospital suffered a...
1868 – US Secretary of State William H. Seward announces 14th Amendment ratified by...
1586 – Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia. 1789 –...
1775 – US Continental Congress creates United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) in Philadelphia under...
1850 – Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River) 1854 – Walter Hunt is awarded...
1758 – George Washington elected to Virginia House of Burgesses representing Frederick County. 1824...
1716 – James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation. 1829 – William Austin...
1796 – Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleveland. 1864 – Battle of Atlanta:...
1853 – Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts...
Bladen County Hospital announced that their Employee of the Month was Irene Hathcock. The...
1861 – Confederate states’ congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia. 1868 – 1st...
1845 – Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes and kills many. 1848 – 1st...
1775 – 1st military hospital approved. 1861 – US Congress authorizes paper money. 1867...
1790 – Congress declares the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the...
1870 – Georgia becomes last confederate state to be readmitted to US. 1901 –...
1798 – 1st direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves. 1832...
1787 – US Ordinance of 1787 passed, establishes first organized US territory. 1835 –...
1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being...
1798 – US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress. 1804 – Vice...
1850 – Millard Fillmore sworn in as President of US (replacing Taylor) 1890 –...
1795 – James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt. 1842 – Notary...