This Day in NC History: View All Posts Return to This Day in NC History Search Posts: Theme - Any -African American HistoryAlamance CountyAppalachian State UniversityAshevilleAtlantic BeachAvery CountyBeaufort CountyBertie CountyBlowing RockBooneBrunswickBrunswick CountyBuncombe CountyBurgawCape HatterasCarteret CountyCelebritiesChapel HillCharlotteChatham CountyCherokee CountyChowan CountyCivil WarColumbus CountyCraven CountyCullowheeCumberland CountyDare CountyDavidsonDavidson CountyDavidson UniversityDisasterDuelsDukeDuke UniversityDurhamDurham CountyEast Carolina UniversityEastern RegionEdentonEducationElizabeth CityElizabeth City UniversityElonElon UniversityFayettevilleForsyth CountyFour OaksFranklin CountyFranklintonGovernorsGrabtownGrahamGranville CountyGreensboroGreenvilleGuilford CountyHalifax CountyHaywood CountyHertford CountyHillsboroughHoke CountyHot SpringsIredell CountyJackson CountyJacksonvilleJohnson C. Smith UniversityJohnston CountyJusticeKinsotnKinstonKure BeachLaurel HillLenoir CountyLittletonLittleton CollegeMadison CountyMecklenburg CountyMethodist UniversityMoore CountyMooresvilleMorehead CityMurphyN.C. A&T State UniversityNative American HistoryNew BernNew Hanover CountyNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityNorth Carolina at WorkNorth Carolina Central UniversityNorth Carolina ConnectionsNorth Carolina State UniversityOak IslandObituariesOnslow CountyOrange CountyPasquotank CountyPender CountyPerson CountyPiedmontPiedmont RegionPinehurstPitt CountyPlymouthPoliticiansPolk CountyQueens CollegeRailRaleighRevolutionary WarRowan CountySalemSalem AcademySalisburyScotland CountySmithfieldStovallThomasvilleTryonUNC GreensboroundefinedUnion CountyUniversitiesUniversities DukeUniversity of North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina CharlotteWake CountyWake ForestWake Forest UniversityWarren Wilson CollegeWashingtonWashington CountyWatauga CountyWaynesvilleWestern Carolina UniversityWestern RegionWilkes CountyWilmingtonWilsonWilson CountyWinstonWinston-SalemWinston-Salem State UniversityWintonWomen in HistoryWomen's HistoryWorld War IWorld War II February 20 Burning of Winton by Union Troops, 1862 February 20 J. B. Rhine of Duke University, Father of Modern Parapsychology February 20 Princeville, First Black Town, Incorporated 1885 February 20 Piedmont Airlines Takes Flight February 21 “High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone Born February 21 Classical Origins of the State’s Motto February 21 Haywood v. Skinner (1903) February 21 The Boone Tract in Davie County February 22 Dorothea Dix Hospital Admits Its First Patient February 22 Oliver, North Wilkesboro Native, a Sixties Pop Sensation February 22 George Burrington, Controversial Colonial Governor February 23 Avery County, High Country Tourist Beacon February 23 Buckminster Fuller Developed Geodesic Dome Design at Black Mountain, Raleigh February 23 Good Deed in Durham Launches Literary Career February 24 Greenville Long Home to Voice of America February 24 Andrew Johnson Impeached, 1868 February 25 Chatham County “Blood Shower” February 25 Felix Walker, North Carolina Congressman, and the Origins of “Bunk” February 25 Hiram Revels and the Genesis of Black Political Representation February 26 Lynching of Wyatt Outlaw and the Kirk-Holden War February 26 Paper Production Milestone in Roanoke Rapids, 1909 February 26 Prisoner Exchange at Northeast Cape Fear River, 1865 February 27 Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776 February 27 Cherokee Attack on Fort Dobbs February 27 Polymath and Centenarian Anna Julia Cooper of Raleigh February 28 Driver’s Licensing Began February 28 Governor Thomas Bickett of Monroe and Louisburg February 29 Harnett Basketball Contest in 1964 Had 13 Overtimes March 1 Lewis Redmond, “King of the Moonshiners” March 1 The Holding Family and First Citizens Bank March 1 North Carolina Wine Pioneer Sidney Weller March 1 Thomas Day of Milton, North Carolina’s Premier Furniture Craftsman March 2 Agriculture’s Voice, the North Carolina Farm Bureau March 2 Battle of Clapp’s Mill, 1781 March 2 Memorial to the Wright Brothers Dedicated, 1932 March 3 Elizabeth City State University’s Beginnings, 1891 March 3 Guitar Virtuoso “Doc” Watson—A Late Bloomer March 3 Mount Mitchell, First Among the State Parks March 3 Cardinal James Gibbons, Roman Catholic Prelate March 4 “Muley Bob” Doughton of Ways and Means March 4 Elizabeth Keckley, From Hillsborough to the White House March 4 Lafayette Visits the Town Named in His Honor March 5 Surgeon, Governor Nathaniel Alexander of Charlotte March 5 A Look Back at Streakers March 5 William Byrd II and the 1728 NC/VA Survey March 6 Defender of the Alamo, Micajah Autry March 6 Monticello-Peterhoff Encounter, 1863 March 6 Nabs for a Nickel, No More March 7 “Babe” Ruth Gets His Nickname in Fayetteville March 7 The Historical Commission and “History for All the People” Back 1 2 3 4 (current) 5 6 7 8 9 … Next