2023 in North Carolina
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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in North Carolina.
Incumbents
[edit]State government
[edit]- Governor: Roy Cooper (D)
Events
[edit]- May 18 – A five-alarm fire in SouthPark, Charlotte engulfs and collapses two large buildings under construction, killing two construction workers. Emergency personnel rescue fifteen other workers, one of whom is later hospitalized.[1]
- June 2 – The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty.[2]
- September 23 – Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall near Emerald Isle.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "South Park Massive Fire in Charlotte, NC". May 18, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "North Carolina's Fort Bragg sheds Confederate name, becomes Fort Liberty". June 2, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Moshtaghian, Aya Elamroussi,Melissa Alonso,Artemis (2023-09-23). "Ophelia weakens to tropical depression as it dumps inches of rain along upper East Coast". CNN. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
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