Edward Teach, known as “Blackbeard” the pirate was killed off the coast of N.C. on Nov. 22, 1718. (Johnson, Charles, “Capt. Teach alias Black-Beard” in “A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the […]
Chris Lowe from the ‘Pet Shop Boys’ perform alongside the Manchester Camerata during the MTV European Music Awards in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (Scott A Garfitt / Invision /AP Photo) MANCHESTER, England — […]
“Those Opulent Days” is Jacquie Pham’s first novel. (Atlantic Monthly Press via AP) It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina […]
Actor Jodie Foster turns 62 on Tuesday. (Jae C. Hong / AP Photo) These celebrities have birthdays this week: Nov. 14 Advertisements Actor Kathleen Hughes (“Babe”) is 96. Guitarist James Young of Styx is 75. […]
Art Garfunkel, pictured in 1981 with songwriting partner, Paul Simon turns 83 on Tuesday. (David Handschuh / AP Photo) Oct. 31 Actor Lee Grant is 99. Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 93. TV host […]
Luke Combs, left, and Eric Church speak before Saturday’s Concert for Carolina at Bank of America Stadium. (Amy Harris / Invision via AP) CHARLOTTE — Before Luke Combs took the stage last weekend at Bank […]
Greensboro’s The Avett Brothers, pictured performing in 2019, are one of many N.C. bands playing the Concert for Carolina in Charlotte on Saturday Oct. 26. (Amy Harris / Invision / AP Photo) Within moments of photos, […]
Muhammad Ali is hit with a left jab by defending world champion George Foreman during their bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, on Oct. 30, 1974. Ali regained the heavyweight crown by knocking out Foreman in the […]
Madelyn Cline and Chase Stokes star in “Outer Banks.” Season 4 comes to Netflix on Thursday. (Jackson Lee Davis / Netflix via AP) “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is available to stream for $25 on Prime Video, Apple […]
The Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical “Cats” opened on Broadway on Oct. 7, 1982. (Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo) Oct. 3 1990: West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the […]
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