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On August 2, 1958, the Saturday Evening Post profiled Percy Flowers of Johnston County, labeling him the “King of the Moonshiners.” Throughout his career, Flowers managed to stay just out of reach of the law and developed a reputation as a local Robin Hood

On August 2, 1781, British forces clashed with the North Carolina Militia near Wilmington in a skirmish now known as the Battle of Rockfish.

On August 1, 1952, Lowe’s Home Improvement was incorporated.

On August 1, 1776, Cornelius Harnett read what would become known as the Declaration of Independence to a crowd in Halifax.

On August 1, 1828, more than 200 people gathered at the home of William Albright in what is now Alamance County to respond to UNC President Joseph Caldwell’s pleas for a state-supported railroad.  The meeting led to increased public interest in internal improvement

On July 31, 1924, noted academic Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr. died. 

On July 31, 1949, Depression-era governor John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus, died.