Animal fossils found in North Carolina became the oldest known in the US.
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American steamship S. S. Arapahoe became the first to use the signal 'SOS' off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA.
PayPal withdrew a $3.6 million investment in North Carolina due to the state passing anti-gay legislation.
Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.