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1996 Death - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77

1986 Death - Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh North Carolina at 78

1978 Birthday - Clay Aiken, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, singer, appeared on 'American Idol' television show, debut album, 'Measure of a Man' went multi-platinum

1975 Birthday - Raleigh Roundtree, tackle for the San Diego Chargers

1974 Birthday - Lisa Bamford, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Miss America-North Carolina 1996

1972 Birthday - Elizabeth Vassey, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, actress, Emily Martin-All My Children

1972 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic

1971 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic

1970 Event - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational

1969 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational

1968 Birthday - Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Massachusetts, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough

1968 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational

1967 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational

1966 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational

1964 Birthday - Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain

1963 Birthday - Johanna Wright, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, WPVA volleyballer, Pismo Beach-4th

1963 Birthday - Raleigh MCkenzie, NFL center/guard, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers

1955 Birthday - Scott Mabon Hoch, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1982 USF&G Classic

1953 Event - 1st privately operated atomic reactor, Raleigh NC

1952 Birthday - Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Michael Stanley Band

1937 Event - 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh North Carolina)

1919 Death - John W. S. Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies at 76

1919 Death - Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies

1919 Birthday - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist

1868 Event - North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh

1865 Event - Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC

1865 Birthday - John Raleigh Mott, organizer, YMCA, Nobel 1946

1865 Event - Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina

1825 Birthday - Raleigh Edward Colston, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1808 Birthday - Andrew Johnson, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Unionist, 17th President, 1865-69

1618 Death - Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet and historian, beheaded for treason

1616 Event - Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana

1586 Event - Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia

1584 Event - Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer













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