Animal fossils found in North Carolina became the oldest known in the US.
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Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
