David Klien

SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1925, the worst mining accident in North Carolina history occurred when explosions killed 53 men in Farmville’s Coal Glen mine. … Continue reading Sunday, May 25, 2025

Saturday, May 24, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1971, NFL defensive end Troy Barnett was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. A University of North Carolina alum, Barnett played for … Continue reading Saturday, May 24, 2025

SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1916, Asheville resident Kiffin Rockwell became the first American to down an enemy aircraft in World War I while serving … Continue reading Sunday, May 18, 2025

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1956, American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was born in Wilmington. Leonard won Olympic gold in the light-welterweight class at the … Continue reading Saturday, May 17, 2025

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025 Happy Mother’s Day! On this day in 1898, Ensign Worth Bagley of Raleigh became the first North Carolinian killed in the Spanish-American War, during a naval … Continue reading Sunday, May 11, 2025

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1949, Morehead Planetarium opened on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. It was the South’s first planetarium and the first planetarium … Continue reading Saturday, May 10, 2025

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1959, Randy Travis, a Grammy-winning country music singer, was born in Marshville, North Carolina. One of his biggest hits, “Forever … Continue reading Sunday, May 4, 2025

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1918, North Carolina’s first professionally trained historian, Stephen Beauregard Weeks of Pasquotank County, died at age 53.  Have you listened … Continue reading Saturday, May 3, 2025

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1584, two ships funded by Sir Walter Raleigh departed England on expeditions chartered by Queen Elizabeth, landing on the coast … Continue reading Sunday, April 27, 2025

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston met with Union General William T. Sherman at a farmhouse in what is now … Continue reading Saturday, April 26, 2025