1997 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville, North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM 1983 Event 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) 1971 Birthday Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pitcher, New York Yankees, Sea Mariners 1969 Event KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1963 Birthday Mark Pryor, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, voted to confirm Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General 1956 Birthday Charles Henry Beck, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1990 Buick Open 1992 1953 Birthday Ellen L. Shulman Baker, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-34, 50, 71 1946 Birthday Richard O Covey, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAF/astronaut, STS-51I, 26, 38, 61 1944 Birthday Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father 1942 Birthday Randy Boone, Fayetteville, North Carolina, actor, Cimarron Strip, Virginian 1939 Birthday Charles Rose, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1973 - 1997 1865 Event General Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina 1817 Birthday Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1st black U.S. senator