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The colony of Roanoke (located in current NC) mysteriously disappeared leaving virtually no trace.
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No one believed on could control that much land so the colony of Carolina was split into two.
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The notoriously famous Blackbeard is killed.
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The first Baptist church in NC is established.
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Patriots ambushed Loyalists crossing the bridge and forced them to surrender.
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NC is the first state to vote for independence.
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To show they still had power after many fails in the North, the British captured Charleston.
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Patriots defeated the Loyalists forcing them to retreat.
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NC officially becomes a state of America.
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The 17th president of the United States is born.
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Gold was discovered in Rowan County causing a brief gold rush.
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NC passes a law prevented free blacks from moving into the state.
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Prince Hall an African American got his book composed of poetry from the Revolution published.
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While trying to fireproof the roof of the state capital, it was ironically accidentally set on fire.
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Frankie Silver is charged with the murder of her husband and She became the first women in NC to be hanged.
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The first public NC school was opened in Rockingham County.
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During the civil war NC joined the Confederacy and left the United States
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The Union won against the confederacy forcing them to retreat.
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After leaving the United States in 1861, NC was remitted.
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After many hardships with loss of land the Cherokee reservation is established.
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The first attempt to allow women in NC to vote is sent to an Asylum and never passed.
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After countless tries, Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully had the first airplane flight.
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Mercy Hospital is one of the first hospitals of the south to be opened.
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Henry B. Delany becomes the first African American Episcopal bishop in NC.
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Fort Bragg is the largest military installation in the world, and was built for tenant units.
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UNC (University of North Carolina) is forced by a court order to allow African Americans be admitted into the school.
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After killing 400 people in Haiti, Hurricane Hazel hit NC and became one of the deadliest natural disasters in the state’s history.
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The zoo was approved to be open and later would have over 1,600 animals.
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Hurricane Floyd hit several states including NC and killed over 30 people.
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Hurricane Hugo hit NC and cost billions of dollars in damages.
