1787 – US Ordinance of 1787 passed, establishes first organized US territory. 1836 –...
History
1843 – Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy. 1862 – US Congress...
1798 – US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress. 1804 – Vice...
1862 – US begins construction of Central Public Railroad. 1890 – Wyoming becomes 44th...
A bill was introduced in the N.C. General Assembly to allow Elizabethtown voters to...
1795 – James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt. 1872 – Doughnut...
1776 – Colonel John Nixon gives the 1st public reading of the Declaration of...
1863 – 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100) 1912 – American athlete...
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully give an anti-rabies vaccine to 9-year-old Joseph Meister, saving...
1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black...
1776 – US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Great Britain....
Bladen County Tax Collector H.M. Chason announced that tax collections for the month of...
1861 – Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from NY. 1907...
1843 – An alligator falls from the sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South...
1847 – 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent for Franklin and...
1896 – William S. Hadaway patents an electric stove in the US. 1906 –...
1891 – US National Forest Service organized. 1906 – US Congress pass the Hepburn...
1892 – Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis, 24-0. 1902 – US buys concession...
1893 – Great stock crash on NY Stock Exchange. 1914 – US signs treaty...
1848 – 1st pure food law enacted in US. 1870 – 1st section of...
Kathy Memory, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Memory of Elizabethtown, was chosen North...
1910 – US Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)...
1853 – US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square miles...
1810 – John Jacob Astor organizes the Pacific Fur Company in Astoria, Oregon. 1868...
1847 – First ring doughnut supposedly created by Hanson Gregory. 1870 – US Congress...
1788 – US Constitution comes into effect when New Hampshire is the 9th state...
1840 – Samuel Morse patents his telegraph. 1864 – Battle of Kinston, NC and...
1862 – Slavery outlawed in US territories. 1865 – Union General Gordon Granger declares...
By Leyton Ezzell Father’s Day has been the go-to holiday for people to celebrate...
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners set the county budget for 1971-72 at $3,154,424.60...
1812 – War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain. 1898 –...
1863 – Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer) 1898 – The...
1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois...
1844 – Charles Goodyear patents the vulcanization of rubber. 1898 – US House of...
1834 – Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont. 1881 – Player piano...
1854 – Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania patents the 1st US accordion, having made...
1849 – Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville, Kentucky) 1901 – In Cuba,...
1776 – Continental Congress creates committee to draft a Declaration of Independence with Thomas...
1809 – 1st US steamboat to make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Philadelphia....
1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake...
1824 – Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec. 1905 – US President...
1912 – US Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane. 1917 –...
1639 – Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill. 1844...
1851 – Anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in...
Cadet Stephen M. Gooden, son of Mrs. Helen M. Gooden of Elizabethtown, graduated from...
1825 – Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC. 1896 – Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford...
1851 – 1st baseball uniforms worn when the NY Knickerbockers wear a uniform of...
1835 – P.T. Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of U.S. 1883 –...
1843 – It snows in Buffalo and Rochester, NY, & Cleveland, Ohio. 1869 –...
1837 – Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria. 1884 –...
1821 – James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose. 1848 – William G Young patents...
1790 – Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying the US Constitution....
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners voted to invoke an additional one cent sales...
1889 Edouard and Andre Michelin incorporate the Michelin tire company. 1900 – Total solar...
1896 – Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255, leaving thousands homeless. 1916 – President...
1861 – US Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South. 1868...
1906 – After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0....
1899 – 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) 1915 – Thomas Edison invents telescribe...
1873 – Postal cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time. 1882 – 6″...
1819 – 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Georgia) 1849 –...
A loan of $45,000 and a grant of $39,000 by Farmers Home Administration was...
1861 – Richmond, Virginia, is designated the Confederate Capital. 1881 – American Red Cross...
1830 – D Hyde patents fountain pen. 1861 – North Carolina becomes 11th and...
1884 – Ringling Brothers circus premiers. 1912 – AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers...
1852 – Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school. 1897 – Herbert Henry...
1875 – 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75. 1897 –...
1860 – Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate. 1891 – George A....
1862 – US Department of Agriculture created. 1894 – 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale...
The 1971 Blueberry Festival was underway at White Lake. Television personality David Hartman was...
1804 – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson sets out...
1888 – DeWolf Hooper 1st recites “Casey at Bat” 1911 – 37th Kentucky Derby:...
1908 – Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubberfield. 1915 – Franklin...
1816 – American Bible Society forms (NY) 1900 – James J. Jeffries KOs James...
1837 – Panic of 1837; New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record...
1862 – US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island. 1914...
The North Carolina Blueberry Festival announced that Miss Sharon Clark will be the 1971...
1789 – First US Presidential inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC) 1840 –...
1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York...
1809 – Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent for weaving straw....
1846 – The State of Michigan ends death penalty. 1878 – Thomas Edison’s Phonograph...
1830 – 1st regular steam train passenger service starts. 1861 – President Lincoln asks...
1863 – Stonewall Jackson attacking Chancellorsville is wounded by his own men. 1885 –...
1489 – Christopher Columbus proposes his plan to search for a western route to...
Bladen Municipal elections found the following Mayoral candidates successful: Elizabethtown, Cecil Edge. Tar Heel,...
1885 – Boston Pops Orchestra forms. 1904 – Ice cream cone makes its debut...
1813 – 1st US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F. Hummel. 1902 – Congress...
1855 – 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston. 1919 – 1st jump...
1861 – US President Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus (US Civil War)...
1865 – Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) 1912 – 1st homerun hit...
1898 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares state of war on Spain effective...
1888 – Eastman Kodak founded by George Eastman. 1897 – 1st reporter, William Price...
It was determined that fire bombs caused the destruction of two businesses in Elizabethtown....
1789 – President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York. 1900 – 1st...
1793 – President Washington attends opening of Rickett’s, 1st circus in US. 1864 –...
1878 – First Lady Lucy Hayes, begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn....
1894 – 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase. 1912 – Fenway...
1861 – President Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) 1906 – San...
1865 – Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General William T. Sherman in...
1860 – Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight out brutal...
Bladen County municipal elections were to be held with a full set of candidates....
