North Carolina

4 Sep 1997

The second largest cash robbery in US history was committed.

North Carolina, US, was hit by hurricane Bob.

Animal fossils found in North Carolina became the oldest known in the US.

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.

American steamship S. S. Arapahoe became the first to use the signal 'SOS' off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA.

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.

North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.

Cherokee warriors defeated British forces at the Battle of Echoee, during the Anglo-Cherokee War.