Today in Raleigh History
North Carolina Topics: Charlotte - Durham, NC - Fayetteville - Greensboro - Winston-Salem
Historical Events
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1865-04-13 - Battle of Raleigh, NC
1865-11-21 - Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
1868-01-14 - NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
1937-03-15 - 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC)
1953-09-05 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
1954-09-02 - WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956-12-15 - WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968-11-04 - WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
1991-03-23 - 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
Famous Birthdays
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1808-12-29 - Andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69)
1825-10-31 - Raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1865-05-25 - John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1919-05-26 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist
1952-02-27 - Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
1963-12-04 - Johanna Wright, Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)
1968-11-29 - Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
1972-08-09 - Elizabeth Vassey, Raleigh NC, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)
1974-06-23 - Lisa Bamford, Raleigh NC, Miss America-NC (1996)
1975-08-31 - Raleigh Roundtree, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
Famous Deaths
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1919-05-30 - Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies
1919-06-30 - John W S Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies at 76
1986-06-17 - Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78
1996-07-20 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77
