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This Day in North Carolina History
- NASCAR’s First Race 9 hours 32 min old
- Laura Foster’s Body Discovered 1 day 9 hours old
- Prominent Patriot William Hooper 2 days 4 hours old
- Pepsi-Cola Trademarked 3 days 9 hours old
- “Bull Durham” Premiered 4 days 9 hours old
- Civil War General and Episcopal Priest Leonidas Polk 5 days 9 hours old
- USS North Carolina Launched 6 days 9 hours old
- Seymour Johnson Field Transferred to U.S. Army Air Force 1 week 9 hours old
- Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Penderlea, 1935 1 week 1 day old
- Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson Died at St. Agnes 1 week 2 days old
- The SS Pevensey Ran Aground 1 week 3 days old
- First World War I POWs Arrive at Hot Springs 1 week 4 days old
- First Burial in God’s Acre 1 week 5 days old
- Nutbush Address Published 1 week 6 days old
- ncpedia: We're looking forward to seeing @ourstatemag at the @NCmuseumhistory for #2ndSaturdays! 1 week 4 days old
- ncpedia: #2ndSaturdays is underway at many @ncculture sites! http://t.co/1E8x99yqHE 1 week 4 days old
- ncpedia: RT @ncculture: For #NationalDonutDay, a #WWI poster w/ the food via @NCArchives is this week's Friday image from our collections: http://t.… 1 week 4 days old
- ncpedia: All this rain makes me think of fish! So, our #NCNatureFriday pick is the article on #NC fish from the #EncyOfNC! http://t.co/otex3SAoG1 1 week 4 days old
- ncpedia: Did you know that Richard Gatling invented the Gatling Gun in hopes of preventing loss of life during war? #DNCB http://t.co/OIL8rdb9qt 1 week 5 days old
- ncpedia: mmmm doughnuts! Winston-Salem's own Krispy Kreme. http://t.co/QYuadVcU7J #NationalDoughnutDay http://t.co/iQGoAdpeyx 1 week 5 days old
- ncpedia: The State Library of NC's Library Dev Sect has a new blog! Training, webinars, announcements, grant info & more! http://t.co/2GEXk7ICpn 1 week 5 days old
- ncpedia: First 44 years of the NC Historical Review are now online in the NC Digital Collections! http://t.co/4ZumtH0aUb 1 week 6 days old
- ncpedia: The Gatling Gun was the "deadliest weapon of the time" in the mid 1800s. http://t.co/SKXGUl5yQI 2 weeks 2 hours old
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