In 1961, two nuclear bombs 260 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima were accidentally dropped over Goldboro, N.C. One of the bombs even activated, but was defused by an emergency kill switch that was known to be regularly faulty.
Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem.
The first English child born in America was born in Roanoke in 1587. Her name was Virginia Dare.
White Lake near Elizabethtown is very unique in that it has a white sandy bottom and is blessed with crystal clear waters. It has also been labeled as the "Nation's Safest Beach." It is truly a child's paradise in that there are no currents, no tides, no hazardous depressions or real dangers of any kind to swimmers.
Pepsi was invented and first served in New Bern in 1898.