On June 7, 1969, Private First Class Dan Bullock, a rifleman in the U.S. Marine Corps, was mortally wounded by a burst of enemy small arms fire. He died shortly thereafter. He was only 15-years-old.
On June 6, 1765, George Sims published the "Nutbush Address." The document, entitled “An Address to the People of Granville County,” set forth in graphic language the abuses of power that the people of the Piedmont region were forced to suffer under colonial rule.
On June 6, 1920, Wilmington physician J. Buren Sidbury opened Babies Hospital on the sound just across from Wrightsville Beach. Sidbury chose the location because he believed that seaside breezes had curative powers and were especially good for expectant mothers.
On June 6, 1928, Bascom Lamar Lunsford kicked off the first Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, an annual tradition that continues “along about sundown” to this day in Asheville. That event spawned similar festivals far and wide.
On June 5, 1918, attacks by German U-boats began off the North Carolina coast. The raids were the first against the state by a foreign government since the War of 1812, and the initial assault lasted for four days.
