1902 – Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C. 1914 – Beverly Hills, California, is...
History
1880 – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp. 1894 – University of Chicago beats...
1871 – US income tax repealed. 1905 – World’s largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan,...
1825 – First US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic in Troy, New York. 1881...
1901 – Denmark and the United States sign a treaty under which Denmark will...
1845 – Uniform US election day for President and VP authorized. 1889 – Daniel...
1908 – Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the one-day old...
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile. 1915 – Kiwanis International founded in Detroit....
*New Farm Bureau officers were elected. They were Byron Melvin, President, Colvin Council, Vice...
1887 – Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor. 1920 – The American...
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison,...
1902 – Despite reports that favor the United States building a route through Nicaragua...
1899 – United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific. 1917 –...
1865 – Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit. 1917...
1815 – War of 1812: the USS President, an American frigate, is captured by...
1799 – American inventor Eli Whitney receives a government contract for 10,000 muskets. 1868...
*A third hearing was held at Bladen Community College concerning lake regulations in Bladen...
1912 – A state record minus-40 degrees in Oakland, Maryland. 1920 – New York...
1773 – First public museum established in North American colonies in Charleston, South Carolina....
1894 – Martha Hughes Cannon takes office as the first woman state senator in...
1870 – Standard Oil Company created by John D. Rockefeller (30%), his brother and...
1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in...
1835 – United States national debt is $0 for the first and only time...
1899 – Walter Camp publishes his first All-American football team in Collier’s. 1916 –...
Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1974: •...
1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed...
1904 – A Pennsylvania state-record minus-42 degrees in Smethport. 1914 – Industrialist Henry Ford...
By Leyton Ezzell On January 21st, 1971, the Elizabethtown Cougars were able to beat...
1896 – Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah was admitted as the 45th state....
1888 – First wax drinking straw patented by Marvin C. Stone in Washington, D.C....
1905 – Willis Carrier receives a US patent for the world’s first air conditioner....
Here are three things to know for Monday, Jan. 1: 1. Polar Plunge: Today,...
1797 – Albany replaces New York City as capital of New York. 1862 -1st...
1776 – Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is...
* The first snow of winter came to Bladen County. * The Bladen County...
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces the existence of other galactic systems at...
1813 – British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812. 1890 – US...
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes first vice president to resign. He left office...
1845 – Ether first used in childbirth in the United States in Jefferson, Georgia....
1818 – Christmas carol “Silent Night” composed by Franz Xavier Gruber is sung at...
1788 – Maryland votes to cede a 10 square mile area for the District...
*One person was killed and three injured in a high-speed crash south of White...
1882 – First string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison. 1894 –...
1891 – First game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played...
1790 – First successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island...
1910 – Rayon first commercially produced in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. 1918 – Robert Ripley...
1917 – The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing prohibition of alcohol, is...
1903 – The Wright Brothers make the first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35...
* A 27 year old man hanged himself in Bladen County Jail. *Parker Fruits...
1897 – First submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated. 1907 – As a...
1791 – Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval. It becomes the...
Here are three things to know for Thursday, December 14: 1. Story Time: Today,...
1793 – First state road authorized from Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati. 1903 – The...
1774 – Paul Revere and Wentworth Cheswell ride to warn Portsmouth of the approach...
1899 – George F. Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee. 1914 –...
1620 – Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at...
1672 – New York Governor Francis Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York...
Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973: •...
1902 – American League announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in New York....
1914 – Irving Berlin’s musical “Watch your Step” premieres in New York City. 1923...
1787 – Delaware is the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1891...
1790 – Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1877 – Washington...
1848 – President James K. Polk triggers the Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming...
1908 – The world’s ten leading maritime nations attend a Naval Conference in London....
1883 – 48th US Congress (1883-85) convenes. 1907 – George M. Cohan’s musical “Talk...
1901 – King C. Gillette begins selling safety razor blades. 1916 – National Baseball...
*Cliff Hester of East Bladen High School was the Bladen County nominee for the...
1896 – First certified public accountants receive certificates in New York. 1912 – Boston...
1886 – First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens in Buffalo, New York....
1877 – Inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time. 1887...
1895 – America’s first auto race organized by the “Chicago Times-Herald” – Chicago to...
1901 – US Army War College is established in Washington, D.C. 1910 – New...
1896 – Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago creates football huddle. 1916...
* The Bank of North Carolina hosted a dinner at White Lake for officials...
1867 – Congress commission looks into “impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.” 1905 – Telimco...
1896 – First absentee voting law enacted by Vermont. 1916 – Mexican and United...
1863 – Patent granted for a process of making color photographs. 1904 – III...
1910 – Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs. 1919 – Labor conference committee...
1852 – Duke University, founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College....
1902 – Deo LeFevre and Henri Desgrange create the Tour de France bicycle race....
1805 – Lewis and Clark expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches...
* The general store of R.J. Bedsole in White Oak was destroyed by fire....
1883 – US and Canadian railroads set and synchronize four standard time zones –...
1913 – The first ship sails through the Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and...
1914 – Federal Reserve System formally opens. 1920 – First postage stamp meter is...
1492 – Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco. 1869 – Free postal...
1888 – St Andrews Golf Club in Yonkers, New York opens with just 6...
1900 – Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball’s American League. 1909 –...
Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973: •...
1880 – Best selling American novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ” by soldier...
1909 – Construction of a US Navy base begins at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 1911...
1908 – First Gideon Bible put in a hotel room. 1911 – Andrew Carnegie...
1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings were destroyed....
1837 – Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts founded. It’s the first US college founded...
1874 – 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol by Thomas Nast. 1904...
1860 – Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United...
1895 – First US patent granted for gasoline driven automobile to George B. Seident....
1841 – First wagon train arrives in California after a 5½-month, 1,730-mile journey over...
“A week of festivities celebrating the 200th birthday of the town of Elizabethtown began.”...
1896 – J.H. Hunter patents portable weighing scales. 1900 – First automobile show opens...