1998 Death Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38 1997 Event NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires 1995 Event Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear 1994 Event American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15 1994 Event 37 dies in U.S. Air DC-9 crash in NC 1986 Event Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die 1986 Death Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Commander USN, astr, dies in Challenger 1981 Event Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss 1981 Death Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC 1979 Event 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC 1978 Event USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC 1978 Birthday Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures NC 1974 Event 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood NC 1974 Birthday Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC 1971 Event National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC 1961 Event Maria Beale Fletcher (NC), 19, crowned 34th Miss America 1962 1955 Event Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1954 Event 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC 1953 Event 1st privately operated atomic reactor, Raleigh NC 1951 Event 9th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 9 -2 at Pinehurst CC NC 1944 Event Hurricane, kills 389 in NC 1936 Event 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst CC Pinehurst NC 1933 Birthday Linwood C Ivey, North Carolina, Mayor-Garysburg NC 1920 Event 1st U.S. coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1909 Event SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1898 Event Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia 1896 Event 1st X-ray photo in U.S. (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC) 1865 Event Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC 1865 Event Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC 1865 Event Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC 1865 Event Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die 1865 Event Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC 1864 Event Battle of New Bern, NC 1863 Event Battle of Kinston, NC 1862 Event Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC 1862 Event General Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC 1862 Event Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern 1862 Event Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound 1862 Event Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC 1861 Event Battle of Fort Hatteras NC 1709 Event 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1587 Event 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC 1562 Event 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC
