Topics Related to This Day in North Carolina History

On January 1, 1996, North Carolina became the last state in the nation to grant its governor the veto power. The change met with the approval of voters the previous November when they overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot.

On January 15, 1948, Josephus Daniels, newspaper editor and former Secretary of the Navy, died in Raleigh.

On January 4, 1856, a train accident on the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad occurred near Wilmington, giving rise to an enduring North Carolina legend.