On April 5, 2000, stock car racing legend and NASCAR pioneer Lee Petty died in Greensboro. He was 86.
On April 5, 1976, James Baxter Hunt Jr. announced his intention to run for governor of North Carolina.
On April 4, 1983, the North Carolina State University Wolfpack won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On April 4, 1946, H. H. Brimley died.
On April 3, 1930, Thomas Built Buses—the High Point company now recognized internationally for building bright yellow school buses—was incorporated.
On April 3, 1730, Scotsman Sir Alexander Cuming was present at a meeting of Cherokee leaders at the council house at Nikwasi.
On April 3, 1973, the Mast General Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places. After a century as a landmark in the mountain community of Valle Crucis, today it is an iconic symbol of t
On April 1, 1937, Lloyd Frutchey, a Montgomery County farmer, conveyed one acre of land containing a Mississippian-era Indian mound to the state of North Carolina for excavation, interpret
On April 1, 1987, WRAL-TV in Raleigh broke the “Gar-barge” story.