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A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years.<\/i><\/p>\n

Read more NC county elections meeting erupts over early voting disputes, auditor influence<\/a><\/p>\n

On this day in 2009<\/b>, North Carolina consumers scored a rare windfall from the auto insurance industry: a whopping $50 million in refunds.<\/p>\n

More than 1 million policyholders qualified after insurers settled with the state government, and the typical payout came to roughly $100.<\/p>\n

A certain gecko had no comment.<\/p>\n

Other notable moments on July 16 through the years:<\/p>\n

Thousands filed into a North Raleigh church for a somber funeral service for Raleigh Police Detective Paul Hale, fatally shot while trying to arrest a murder suspect.<\/p>\n

Read more After sitting vacant for six years, a glitzy Raleigh restaurant space reopens<\/a><\/p>\n

More than 100 Raleigh police officers revolted by jamming into a City Council meeting and demanding that Chief Robert Goodwin resign or be fired.<\/p>\n

Morale issues concerned low pay.<\/p>\n

In 1926<\/b>, 80 farmers from Wake, Franklin and Vance counties arrived in Washington, D.C., for two days of agricultural education but quickly declared the event too boring and skipped out to watch Walter \u201cOld Barney\u201d Johnson pitch for the Senators that day.<\/p>\n

What headlines should we look up on upcoming dates? Send your ideas to metroeds@newsobserver.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Read more What ACC commissioner Jim Phillips, NC State said about Brazil game cancellation<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 16, 2026 at 5:49 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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