1786 – Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr. Hall, NYC) 1861 – US...
History
1769 – Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky. 1862 – General B....
1639 – Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill. 1844-...
1846 – Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Baltimore. 1876 – Bananas become popular...
1794 – Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of...
1784 – US army officially established by Congress of the Confederation. 1851 – 1st...
1835 – P T Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US. 1857...
1657 – 1st Quakers arrive in New Amsterdam (NY). 1789 – 1st US congressional...
1498 – Christopher Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America. 1539...
1630 – John Winthrop begins “History of New England” 1721 – South Carolina formally...
Tammy Heustess of Clarkton is to receive a Farm Bureau Scholarship. Bladen County Hospital...
1664 – 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston) 1892 – Sierra Club formed by John...
1796 – James S McLean patents his piano. 1916 – Groundbreaking begins on Hugh...
1861 – US Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South. 1868...
1721 – John Copson becomes America’s 1st insurance agent. 1787 – Constitutional convention opens...
1738 – John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; celebrated annually by Methodists...
1785 – Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals. 1863 – Organization of the...
1761 – 1st life insurance policy in North America issued in Philadelphia. 1803 –...
1832 – 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) 1846 – 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii....
1310 – Shoes were made for both right & left feet. 1639 – Dorchester,...
WestPoint Pepperell of Elizabethtown was honored by the North Carolina Department of Labor for...
1643 – Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of...
1631 – English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right. 1652 – Rhode Island...
1792 – 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street. 1875...
1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia...
Bladen County Historical Society meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. New members are welcome....
1672 – 1st copyright law enacted in Massachusetts. 1817 – First private mental hospital...
1607 – 1st permanent English settlement established in the New World at Jamestown, Virginia....
Lt. Governor Jimmy Green was the featured speaker at the Bladen County Democratic Convention....
1607 – English colonists led by John Smith land near James River in Virginia....
1792 – Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented. 1890 – Louisiana...
By Erin Smith A Bladen County landmark is now up for sale. Historic Purdie...
1751 – Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin. 1850 –...
1752 – Benjamin Franklin tests the lightning conductor with his kite-flying experiment. 1775 –...
1768 – John Hancock pays duties on 25 pipes of wind, only one fourth...
1541 – Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River. 1792 – US...
1718 – The city of New Orleans founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville....
1787 – First African American Masonic Lodge (African #459) forms Prince Hall, Boston. 1835...
1809 – Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent for weaving straw....
1780 – American Academy of Arts & Science founded in Boston, James Bowdoin, John...
1662 – Royal charter granted to Connecticut. 1802 – Washington, DC is incorporated as...
1863 – Stonewall Jackson attacking Chancellorsville is wounded by his own men. 1865 –...
1841 – First emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California. 1867 – Howard...
1598 – 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy – Rio Grande) 1789 –...
1813 – 1st US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel. 1845 – Macon...
The East Bladen High School Golf team led the Three Rivers Conference with a...
1635 – Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office. ...
1805 – US Marines attack shores of Tripoli. 1838 – Fire destroys half of...
1865 – Confederate General J E Johnson surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, North...
By Jefferson Weaver For 21 years, the Old Man wrote a column every year,...
1719 – Daniel Defoe publishes “Robinson Crusoe” 1861 – The Union Army arrives to...
1704 – “Boston News-Letter” 1st successful newspaper in US, forms. 1800 – US Library...
By Erin Smith If you are in need of a gift for Mom for...
Currie, NC- Moores Creek National Battlefield is proud to announce that the park’s two...
1635 – Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded. 1789 – President-elect...
1526 – 1st slave revolt in the American colonies occurs in South Carolina. 1692...
1649 – Maryland Toleration Act passed in American colony, allowing all freedom of worship....
1777 – New York adopts new constitution as an independent state. 1896 – 1st...
1775 – American Revolution begins – Lexington Common, shot “heard round the world” 1861...
1775 – Paul Revere and William Dawes ride from Charleston to Lexington warning the...
1492 – Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the...
1789 – George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration. 1861 – US President Abraham...
1818 – US Medical Corps forms. 1828 – First American Dictionary: its author Noah...
1796 – First elephant arrives in US from India. 1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina,...
1776 – Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina. 1811 – 1st US...
1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. 1890 –...
1790 – US Patent system forms. 1825 – 1st hotel in Hawaii opens. 1841...
1768 – John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below...
1862 – John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser. 1869 – American Museum of Natural...
1798 – Mississippi Territory organized. 1827 – English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches....
1663 – King Charles II signs Carolina Charter. 1789 – 1st US Congress begins...
1621 – Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England. 1792 –...
1818 – Congress decides on the US flag: 13 red and white strips &...
1790 – Revenue Marine Services (US Coast Guard) created. 1848 – Thomas Douglas becomes...
1819 – 1st successful agricultural journal (“American Journal”) first publishes. 1827 – US inventor...
1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$” symbol. 1789 – US...
1736 – Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse – 1st public...
1867 – US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre –...
1852 – Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work...
1796 – Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church. 1797 –...
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building...
Faye Rice was Bladen County Hospital Employee of the Month. Some roads were closed...
1790 – US Congress passes Naturalization Act, requiring 2-year residency. 1845 – Patent awarded...
1629 – 1st game law passed in American colonies by Virginia. 1664 – Roger...
1775 – Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty of give me death” in speech...
1790 – Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State under President Washington....
1865 – Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman. 1907 –...
1816 – US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions. 1852...
1628 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted land by England. 1822 – Boston Massachusetts incorporated...
1541 – Hernando de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River). 1810...
1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is first celebrated in New York City at the...
1802 – Law signed to establish US Military Academy (West Point, NY) 1830 –...
1781 – British and American forces clash during the Battle of Guilford Court House,...
1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing cotton industry in the...
Richelle Howie named Miss Sweetheart Pageant Suzette Edge of White Oak was attending Governor’s...
1639 – Cambridge College, Massachusetts, renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard. 1677 – Massachusetts...
1664 – 1st naturalization act in American colonies. 1755 – 1st steam engine in...
1665 – NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights. 1779 – US Army...
1849 – Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so)...
1822 – Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth. 1858...