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Some civic leaders decide they want downtown Charlotte to resemble the brightly lit avenues of New York City. Charlotte removes the trees that grace its downtown streets. But no amount of artificial light can replace what has been lost.
April 15, 1902 - The first Coca-Cola bottled in the Carolinas is sold in Charlotte. Sales of the carbonated soft drink are modest. Three years later the sale of liquor is outlawed in Charlotte, and statewide prohibition follows in 1909.
Charlotte's Mint closes. It never again manufactured money after the Confederate soldiers left. Since 1867, is had been used to measure and analyze, or assay, gold. Now the building will be used by the Red Cross and by the Charlotte's Women's Club.
The network of railroad lines serving Charlotte grows as the Norfolk and Southern Railroad reaches from Virginia to the Queen City by way of Raleigh and Albemarle. Like spokes of a wheel, rail lines expand in eight directions from Charlotte.
April 11, 1918 - Film star Charlie Chaplin visits Charlotte to promote the sale of bonds that raise money for the war effort. He speaks for 10 minutes and raises over $20,000. Chaplin also entertains troops at Camp Greene, on Charlotte's west side.
February 17, 1936 - The Father of Bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, makes his first recording in a Charlotte warehouse. By 1939, this country music legend will become a regular guest on WBT's radio programs. He will record nearly 60 songs in Charlotte.
The 38th Evacuation Hospital, made up of Charlotte doctors and nurses, gives medical aid to the troops fighting in North Africa and Italy. After the war, Charlotte will remember her veterans by collecting donations and memorials.
May 8, 1961 - Charlotte businessman and journalist Stanford R. Brookshire begins his first of four terms as mayor. He will lead Charlotte through desegregation and preside over the re-development of downtown.
November 1, 1985 - Once the largest afternoon daily newspaper in the Carolinas, the Charlotte News ceases publication today. The last issue marks the end of a 97-year presence in the Queen City. Front page of the last Charlotte News
August 1988 - A crowd of 20,000 has to celebrate the opening of Charlotte's new $52 million coliseum on Tyvola Road. The fans are welcomed by Rev.
July 22, 1991 - NationsBank is announced as a new institution, created by the joining, or merging, of Charlotte-based North Carolina National Bank and Atlanta's C&S Sovran.
May 1992 - Light floods the Charlotte Motor Speedway and night racing begins. In the gripping race around the super-speedway track, the lead changes hands three times in the last lap. Driver Davey Allison is knocked unconscious, unaware until he wakes that he has won. Charlotte Speedway
Notes: His house on the Main street in Charlotte was offered for sale by N. W. Alexander, trustee. (MFJ May 24, 1834). Died of apoplectic fit.Age at Death: 54Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 3/16/1833
Notes: A member of Second Presbyterian Church in Charlotte,N.C.Buried in Alleghaney City, PA.Age at Death: Place of Death: Biddle Institute, near Charlotte, Mecklenburg CounSource: Source Date: 8/25/1881
Notes: Place of death is listed as Biddle University near Charlotte.Age at Death: 64Place of Death: (near) Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,N.C.Source: Source Date: 2/13/1885
Notes: Father, Rev. A.W. Miller, DD, was pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church, Charlotte.Age at Death: Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 9/16/1881
Notes: `Daughter of the late W. Taylor Still of Providence Township` (near), Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,NCAge at Death: Place of Death: (near) Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 11/14/1884
Notes: Infant of Mr. And Mrs. Mullis of North Graham Street. Charlotte, NC.Age at Death: Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 6/25/1896
Notes: Relict of the late H.A. Owens.Notice also listed in Charlotte Home Democrat.Age at Death: 54Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 4/6/1867
Notes: Died at the residence of Robert I. McDowell, Esq. In Charlotte,NC.Parents, Dr. and Mrs. Roach, of Atlanta.Age at Death: Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 4/17/1885