1. On June 10, 1992, the North Carolina General Assembly designated the Venus Flytrap as the state's official carnivorous plant. The Venus Flytrap is only found within a 100-mile radius of Wilmington, NC.

2. On June 10, 1775, the Liberty Bell was hidden in the woods near Allentown, Pennsylvania, to protect it from the British. The bell was transported from Philadelphia and its stopover in Salisbury, North Carolina, served as the only location outside of Pennsylvania that the bell was physically present.

3. On June 10, 1843, Charlotte, North Carolina, held the first Democratic National Convention in the South. The convention nominated James Polk as the party's candidate for president.

4. On June 10, 1864, the Civil War Battle of Brice's Crossroads took place in Mississippi. Col. William C. Lee, the grandfather of the famous World War II General, was mortally wounded in the battle. Lee was from Dunn, North Carolina.

5. On June 10, 1898, North Carolina native, Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, was born. Koontz was the first African-American woman to serve on the Salisbury City School Board and was appointed by President Richard Nixon to the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, also known as the Kerner Commission.