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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Good Morning. Sadly, on this day in 1994, USAir Flight 1016, which had departed Columbia, South Carolina, crashed near Charlotte Douglas International Airport after encountering a … Continue reading Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1971, North Carolina became the 38th state to ratify the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18 and expanding … Continue reading Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Monday, June 30, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1930, American economist, author, and social theorist Thomas Sowell was born in Gastonia to an impoverished widow. Raised primarily by … Continue reading Monday, June 30, 2025

Friday, June 27, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1857, Elisha Mitchell, for whom Mount Mitchell was named, slipped and fell to his death while exploring the Black Mountain … Continue reading Friday, June 27, 2025

Thursday, June 26, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1974, an Ohio supermarket scanner scanned a pack of chewing gum—the first product ever checked out using a Universal Product … Continue reading Thursday, June 26, 2025

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1963, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Speaker Ban Law, which prohibited communists and anyone advocating to overthrow the … Continue reading Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2004, GlaxoSmithKline became the first of many businesses to usher in a new era for downtown Durham by relocating to … Continue reading Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Monday, June 23, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1957, Rev. Douglas Moore led six black students into Durham’s segregated Royal Ice Cream Parlor. They entered through the “colored” … Continue reading Monday, June 23, 2025

Friday, June 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1780, 400 Patriot militiamen defeated 1,300 Tories during the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill in Lincoln County. The outnumbered Patriots made … Continue reading Friday, June 20, 2025

Thursday, June 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1586, Sir Francis Drake led a fleet carrying the first English colonists of a Roanoke Island expedition back to England … Continue reading Thursday, June 19, 2025