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Before there was Bank of America Stadium, there was Death Valley. Thirty years ago — Sept. 3, 1995 — the Carolina Panthers kicked off their inaugural season at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, building NFL fever in the Queen City. Inaugural season The team started 0-5, but rallied with seven wins in their last 11 games, finishing 7-9 — the best record ever for a first-year franchise at the time. They even stunned the defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers. Not bad for the new kids.

Charlotte Pride, one of the region’s largest LGBTQ+ events, returns with a packed lineup in the Queen City on Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 16. The annual festival and parade drew a record-breaking 260,000+ visitors to Uptown in 2023 β€” a number the organization hopes to match every year. City Editor Maria here. This weekend-long celebration has a lot of moving parts during Charlotte Pride Week. This guide will provide everything you need to know before attending.

There’s no getting around it: It’s hot, Charlotte. But not as hot as Aug. 10, 2007, when one of Charlotte's hottest days on record took place, hitting 104°. The day the heat set records That wasn't the first time Charlotte hit 104°. It's happened several times: The closest we’ve come to that temperature in the past few weeks was when temperatures got to 101° on July 4, with the heat index pushing 108°. Aug. 10 tied the record for the all-time high temperature in Charlotte.