North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
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A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
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.
Cherokee warriors defeated British forces at the Battle of Echoee, during the Anglo-Cherokee War.
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
