The exhibition race on February 2, 2025 is the first major NASCAR event there since 1971.
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The Winston-Salem apparel company is bought for about $2.2 billion on December 1, 2025.
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The combined children's and science museum opens in a new building on February 17, 2024.
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The Winston-Salem apparel maker agrees to sell its Champion brand to Authentic Brands.
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The museum of NASCAR's Winston Cup era shuts on December 16, 2023.
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The Demon Deacons beat USC 3-1 in the 2023 match-play final.
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A fire at the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant on North Cherry Street led officials to order everyone within one mile to evacuate on the evening of Jan. 31, 2022.
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The board names Wente the 14th president on January 29, 2021.
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Regional Timeline
The exhibition race on February 2, 2025 is the first major NASCAR event there since 1971.
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The Winston-Salem apparel company is bought for about $2.2 billion on December 1, 2025.
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The combined children's and science museum opens in a new building on February 17, 2024.
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The Winston-Salem apparel maker agrees to sell its Champion brand to Authentic Brands.
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The museum of NASCAR's Winston Cup era shuts on December 16, 2023.
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The Demon Deacons beat USC 3-1 in the 2023 match-play final.
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A fire at the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant on North Cherry Street led officials to order everyone within one mile to evacuate on the evening of Jan. 31, 2022.
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The board names Wente the 14th president on January 29, 2021.
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The university issues an apology on February 21, 2020.
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Lee buys BH Media's papers, including the Winston-Salem Journal, on March 16, 2020.
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On Oct. 9, 2020, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine officially joined Atrium Health as a single enterprise headquartered in Charlotte.
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Organizers replace the 2020 fair with a drive-through food event and a virtual exhibit.
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The 2020 gift is the second-largest in the university's history.
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The Winston-Salem bank names the city community banking headquarters on February 7, 2019.
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A former volleyball coach is indicted for taking a bribe on March 12, 2019.
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The City of Winston-Salem dismantled the Confederate Dead Monument at the old Forsyth County courthouse on March 12, 2019, 113 years after its dedication.
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The 1926 depot reopens on September 7, 2019 after restoration by the city.
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BB&T, which had been headquartered in Winston-Salem, completed its merger with SunTrust on Dec. 6, 2019, forming Truist Financial with principal offices in Charlotte.
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Featured Archive
1967 · Winston-Salem State wins the NCAA College Division basketball title
1960 · Winston-Salem lunch-counter sit-in begins
1956 · Wake Forest College opens its Winston-Salem campus
1950 · Old Salem, Inc. is established to restore the Moravian town of Salem
1913 · Winston and Salem merge into a single city
1892 · Slater Industrial Academy is founded in Winston
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