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The Raleigh IceCaps played in the East Coast Hockey League (now known as simply the ECHL) from 1991 to 1998. Their home ice was Dorton Arena in Raleigh. The team was forced to move to Augusta, GA, when the NHL's Hartford Whalers moved to...

The Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks were charter members of the World League of American Football (WLAF) established in 1991. The team went 0-10 and was dissolved after one season. They were replaced in 1992 by the Ohio Glory. After the 1992, the NFL, who ran the...

The Carolina Cougars began as the Houston Mavericks, charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. The club relocated to North Carolina in 1969, splitting home games between Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro. The latter is where they played most of their games...

The Carolina Cougars began as the Houston Mavericks, charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. The club relocated to North Carolina in 1969, splitting home games between Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro. The latter is where they played most of their games...

The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams were absorbed by the NBA in 1976. The Kentucky Colonels, the league's most successful...

The Carolina Cobras played in The Arena Football League??from 2000 to 2004. Their home field was the??Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena for its first three seasons. In 2003, the team played its home games in Charlotte.??

The Raleigh Cougars were members of the United States Basketball League from 1997 to 1999. Their homecourt was Dorton Arena and the team's roster featured many players who had played at area colleges and universities.

This short-lived chain of restaurants appeared in 1966 and hoped to get an extra boost in popularity by attaching the name of country music legend Minnie Pearl to the effort. After a great start, the whole thing came unraveled when it was revealed the...

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

Australia's Wonderland opened on December 7, 1985, as the sixth member of the Kings Entertainment amusement park family. At 219 acres, it was the largest amusement park in the Southern Hemisphere. The park's design was based mostly on Canada's Wonderland. It was also a...

Boomerang Bay was the former name of four different water parks in the U.S. Operated in conjunction with the Paramount's amusement parks, the name was derived from one of the company's movie properties. They were later rebranded after Paramount sold its amusement park division,...

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker!

Introduced in 1982, the Commodore 64 is the single best selling computer model of all time. Along with the Apple II, it helped usher in the era of home computing for millions.

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

Penny for your thoughts! Buy 12 CDs or tapes (or LPs), for a penny and buy just four more at "regular club prices." Not many did that last bit.

Musicland was founded in Minneapolis in 1955.?? In 1964, it merged with music distributor JL Marsh followed by merger in 1968 with record label and distributor Pickwick International. In 1977, American Can Company bought Pickwick and a year later, famed New York record store...

What could be more convenient? Drive up to the little booth, drop off your film, come back the next day and see your pictures. Mail them to friends and family! Established in the early 1960s in Southern California, Fotomat grew to over 4,000 locations...

Founded in 1912 as Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the larger Standard Oil corporation, Esso gas stations were found all over the Northeastern United States and parts of the South starting in the 1930s. In 1972, most were re-branded Exxon....

Media Play was an attempt by The Musicland Group to compete with so-called big box retailers such as electronics stores Best Buy and Circuit City, who sold CDs at near cost to lure customers in. In addition to music, Media Play also carried books,...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...