1. On August 13, 1898, the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina. White supremacists violently overthrew the elected biracial government and instituted a white-only government in its place. This event is considered one of the only successful coups d'état in American history.

2. August 13, 1914, was the birthdate of Julia Child, who lived in North Carolina while her husband was stationed at Fort Bragg. Child is famous for introducing French cuisine to an American audience through her cookbooks and TV shows.

3. On August 13, 1930, the first commercial flight took off from the newly constructed Charlotte Municipal Airport. The flight was a Delta Airlines route from Charlotte to Atlanta.

4. August 13, 1949, was the date of the deadliest plane crash in North Carolina history. Piedmont Airlines Flight 19 crashed near Franklin, killing all 19 people on board.

5. August 13, 1983, was the date that Hurricane Alicia made landfall in North Carolina. The storm caused significant damage along the coast and in the eastern part of the state, resulting in three deaths and $35 million in damages.