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On Feb. 1, 1960, in Greensboro, four black college students refused to move when denied service at a Woolworth’s lunch counter. During the next 19 months, more than 70,000 black and white students participated in sit-ins for desegregation.

first appeared: 1/18/2004

The state’s worst storm was Hurricane Floyd, which hit in mid-September 1999, and whose winds and flooding caused $1.4 billion in damage statewide, $6 billion total.

first appeared: 1/11/2004

In 1898, a pharmacist in New Bern (pop. 8,049) renamed his soda fountain concoction from Brad’s Drink to Pepsi Cola. The name stuck.

first appeared: 1/4/2004

In 2003, the state adopted Folkmoot as its official international festival. Performers from 95 countries have entertained since 1984 at the summertime festival in Waynesville (pop. 9,232).

first appeared: 12/28/2003

The state is the second largest Christmas tree producer and supplies about 12 percent or 3.7 million of America’s live trees each year. Only Oregon produces more Christmas trees.

first appeared: 12/21/2003

The 9,000-acre Lake Waccamaw is the state’s largest water-filled bay and is near the town of Lake Waccamaw (pop. 1,411).

first appeared: 12/14/2003

The curtain opened July 4, 1937, on America’s longest-running outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, on Roanoke Island. The drama relates the mystery of the English colonists who arrived in 1587 and vanished within three years.

first appeared: 12/7/2003

The late Charles Kuralt, who endeared fans with his folksy dispatches from America’s back roads for CBS’ On the Road series, was born in 1934 in Wilmington.

first appeared: 11/30/2003

Aluminum Christmas trees, popular in the 1960s, sparkle at the Aluminum Tree and Aesthetically Challenged Seasonal Ornament Museum and Research Center in Brevard (pop. 6,789).

first appeared: 11/23/2003

Nearly 100 years after it sank in the Neuse River, the CSS Neuse ironclad gunboat of the Confederate navy was raised in 1963. About 15,000 artifacts were salvaged, with many on display at the CSS Neuse State Historic Site in Kinston (pop. 23,688).

first appeared: 11/16/2003

Built in 1958, the lighthouse on Oak Island (pop. 6,571) is one of the last lighthouses built in the United States. Paint was mixed into the concrete so the 166-foot lighthouse will never need painting.

first appeared: 11/9/2003

Mineral water still flows at Mount Vernon Springs, a popular health spa in the 1800s in Siler City (pop. 6,966).

first appeared: 11/2/2003

The 1793 Dismal Swamp Canal, the nation’s oldest continually operating canal, connects Chesapeake Bay in Virginia with the Albemarle Sound in North Carolina.

first appeared: 10/26/2003

Evangelist Billy Graham, born in 1918 near Charlotte, has preached the gospel to 210 million people in live audiences in 185 countries.

first appeared: 10/19/2003

Boaters docking at Elizabeth City (pop. 17,188) are welcomed with flowers and refreshments from the Rose Buddies, a harbor hospitality program begun in 1983.

first appeared: 10/12/2003

More than 180,000 patterns and 10 million pieces of new and used china, crystal, and silver can be found at Replacements Ltd. in Greensboro.

first appeared: 10/5/2003

Built in 1952, J.S. Dorton Arena at the state fairgrounds in Raleigh boasts the world’s first permanent use of a cable-supported roof system.

first appeared: 9/28/2003

Even the skyline at Mount Airy (pop. 8,484) announces the town’s link to the popular TV show Mayberry R.F.D., which starred former resident Andy Griffith. The city decorated the water tower last June with a logo of Andy and Opie “Gone Fishing.”

first appeared: 9/21/2003

At Louise’s Famous Rockhouse Restaurant in Linville Falls, diners order pie in one county and it’s baked in another. The restaurant straddles three counties: Burke, McDowell, and Avery.

first appeared: 9/14/2003

The state grows 40 percent of the nation’s sweet potatoes.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

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