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

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1771, the Battle of Alamance, which some mistakenly considered the start of the American Revolution, was the Regulator Movement’s final … Continue reading Friday, May 16, 2025

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1950, Raleigh journalist W.E. Debnam published Weep No More, My Lady in response to former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s column … Continue reading Thursday, May 15, 2025

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1889, the North Carolina Granite Company was founded in Surry County. The company, home to the world’s largest open-faced granite … Continue reading Wednesday, May 14, 2025

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1913, the town of Salem merged with the city of Winston to form Winston-Salem through the election of a new … Continue reading Tuesday, May 13, 2025

MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1876, North Carolina’s first Jewish synagogue, the Temple of Israel, was dedicated in Wilmington. While Jewish immigrants had set aside … Continue reading Monday, May 12, 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

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1771, nine young men from what would later become Cabarrus County raided a British convoy on Phifer’s Hill, north of … Continue reading Friday, May 9, 2025

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2008, severe weather produced two tornadoes in the Triad. First, an EF-3 tornado touched down in Davie County and then … Continue reading Thursday, May 8, 2025