1892 – Charles Duryea takes the first American-made automobile for a test drive. 1906...
History
1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100....
1864 – Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina during the Civil War. 1892 – The...
1900 – Post Office issues first books of postage stamps. 1912 – Pittsburgh Pirates...
1878 – Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap. 1892 – General Electric Company, formed by...
1828 – First American Dictionary: Its author, Noah Webster, registers its copyright for publication....
*The Kelly Rescue Squad held a BarBQue dinner at the educational building of the...
1796 – First elephant arrives in the United States from India. 1865 – Raleigh,...
1869 – North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan law. 1877 – Catcher’s mask...
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1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. 1898 –...
1849 – Safety pin patented in New York City by Walter Hunt. He sold...
1909 – Congress passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, raising certain tariffs on goods entering...
1904 – New York City changes the name of Longacre Square to Times Square...
1889 – George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first...
1915 – Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson after 26 rounds to win the...
1818 – Congress decides on the US flag: 13 red and white strips and...
1889 – Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia. 1910...
1866 – President Andrew Johnson ends civil war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,...
1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1899 – NC Mutual...
Over 500 Democrats attended the Spring Rally of the Bladen Democratic Party held at...
1850 – United States population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808, 15.7%). 1880 – Wabash,...
1870 – 15th Amendment to the US constitution was adopted, guaranteeing the right to...
1867 – Congress first approves building of Lincoln Memorial. 1929 – President Herbert Hoover...
1881 – “Greatest Show On Earth” formed by P.T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey....
1884 – First long distance telephone call made from Boston to New York. 1890...
1910 – United States forbids immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick. 1926...
1882 – First demonstration of pancake making held at a department store in New...
1883 – First telephone call between New York and Chicago. 1900 – New York...
*Clarkton IGA store was robbed at gunpoint and about $600 was taken. *Elbert Lennon,...
1779 – Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty or give me death” in speech...
1903 – Anthracite Coal Commission, set up by President Theodore Roosevelt during a coal...
1907 – United States sends troops to Honduras to halt the Nicaraguan army takeover....
1854 – Anti-slavery activists within the Whig political party opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act...
1895 – Los Angeles Railway is established to provide streetcar service. 1915 – Pluto...
1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts...
1894 – United States and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering the...
*Representative Jimmy Green of Clarkton was honored by the North Carolina General Assembly in...
1830 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever with 31 shares traded. 1900...
1892 – New York state unveils automatic ballot booth, also called a voting machine....
1888 – Second largest snowfall in New York City history, 21 inches. 1900 –...
1888 – Great Blizzard of 1888 rages across the east coast of the United...
1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy...
1888 – Great blizzard of ’88 strikes northeastern United States. 1897 – A meteorite...
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina. 1903 – Harry Gammeter of Cleveland...
*Bladen County Board of Commissioners gave favorable reception to a request for funds to...
1822 – Charles Graham of New York granted the first US patent for artificial...
1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment...
1887 – North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly....
1886 – First automobile in Detroit: Charles B. King rides his “Horseless Carriage.” 1902...
1836 – Samuel Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Company manufactures the first pistol, a 36-caliber...
A Special Day at Tar Heel School with Bladen County Sheriff’s Office; Celebrating the Joy of Reading
A staff report Contributed photos In the heart of Bladen County, a unique event...
1902 – American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago. 1909 – United States prohibits...
1847 – US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps. 1877 –...
1899 – President William McKinley signs bill creating Mt. Rainier National Park. It becomes...
1781 – Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the final constitution of...
1892 – Britain and United States sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea....
1903 – Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buy Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000. 1909 –...
1901 – National League rules committee decrees that all foul balls are to count...
1907 – Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1907 –...
Three Elizabethtown citizens were honored at the Elizabethtown Jaycee DSA Banquet. Joseph B. Chandler,...
1836 – Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be...
*Three Elizabethtown citizens were honored at the Elizabethtown Jaycee DSA Banquet. Joseph B. Chandler,...
1888 – Louisville, Kentucky, becomes first government in US to adopt Australian ballot (secret...
1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hershfield. 1903 – The United States and...
1882 – James Saunders wins New York City’s 24 hour race and $100 prize...
1887 – Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday. 1895...
1902 – Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths in San...
1881 – Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages. 1906 – Will...
1879 – Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for...
*Mrs. Ann Hood, Director of Cultural Arts, appointed two Bladen women of Sencland Crafts,...
1865 – Columbia, South Carolina burns down during the Civil War. 1897 – National...
1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company established. It’s the precursor of the automobile manufacturer....
1879 – Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court. 1898 –...
1899 – Congress begins using voting machines. 1912 – First US submarines with diesel...
1895 – Moving picture projector patented. 1905 – A state record minus-40 degrees in...
1908 – Anna Jeanes bequests $1 million to Swarthmore to permanently give up all...
1895 – Georgetown becomes a part of Washington, D.C. 1903 – Congress adopts the...
*Ellen McDuffie of Council received a check from Four County Electric for winning second...
RALEIGH, N.C. — The men who built our state’s most iconic building, although they...
1897 – New York Times begins using slogan “All the News That’s Fit to...
1870 – US Army establishes National Weather Service. 1900 – Dwight Davis establishes a...
1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC. Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound. 1910...
1904 – Baltimore catches fire. There are 1,500 buildings destroyed over an 80-block area....
1869 – Harper’s Weekly publishes first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers. 1891...
1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the...
1908 – Star #46 was added to the US flag for Oklahoma with the...
*Captain Keith Dennis of Elizabethtown was promoted to Major in the North Carolina National...
1894 – First US steel sailing vessel, Dingo, launched at Bath, Maine. 1913 –...
1892 – Longest boxing match under modern rules: 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between...
1862 – Ralph Waldo Emerson and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner meet with President Abraham...
1874 – Jesse James gang robs a train at Gads Hill, Missouri. 1905 –...
1873 – “Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne is published in...
1892 – The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. 1900 – American League...
1902 – Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C. 1914 – Beverly Hills, California, is...
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...