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Friday, November 14, 2025 Good Morning. On this day in 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University’s football team crashed near Tri-State Airport in Kenova, West Virginia, after a 17-14 loss … Continue reading Friday, November 14, 2025

Thursday, November 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1804, future West Point graduate and Mexican War veteran Theophilus H. Holmes was born. Holmes later became a Confederate lieutenant general … Continue reading Thursday, November 13, 2025

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1877, medical doctor and baseball outfielder Archibald “Moonlight” Graham was born in Fayetteville. He played only one game for the New … Continue reading Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1980, football running back Willie Parker was born in Clinton. He starred at UNC before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers in … Continue reading Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Monday, November 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2001, actress Andie MacDowell wed high school classmate Rhett Hartzog in front of 450 guests at Central United Methodist Church … Continue reading Monday, November 10, 2025

Friday, November 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, North Carolina’s 63rd governor, Democrat William B. Umstead, died while in office from pneumonia amid ongoing heart issues. Umstead … Continue reading Friday, November 7, 2025

Thursday, November 6, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1755, Gov. Arthur Dobbs appointed Captain Hugh Waddell as North Carolina’s commissioner to negotiate treaties with the Catawba and Cherokee … Continue reading Thursday, November 6, 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1827, Samuel P. Carson of Buncombe County fatally shot fellow North Carolinian Robert Brank Vance in a duel over election … Continue reading Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1820, Confederate officer Robert Vinkler Richardson was born in Granville County, North Carolina, but later moved to Tennessee. A prosperous … Continue reading Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Monday, November 3, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1870, John Motley Morehead III was born in Spray, a former town now part of Eden. He was an 1891 … Continue reading Monday, November 3, 2025