On October 25, 1774, women in Edenton resolved to stop buying English tea and cloth to protest taxation without representation. The event became known as the Edenton Tea Party.
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On October 26, 1951, President Harry S. Truman signed the Durham-Humphrey Amendment to the 1938 Food, Drugs and Cosmetic Act into law. Cosponsored by North Carolina native Rep. Carl T.
On October 25, 1969, the Malcolm X Liberation University opened in Durham.
On October 25, 1988, professional pool player Luther Lassiter died while practicing the sport he loved at his Elizabeth City home.
On October 24, 1940, African American editor, lawyer and civil rights advocate, Robert Lee Vann died at the age of 59. Among the nation’s most prominent black journalists for 30 years, Vann was born ou
On October 23, 1896, the first rural free delivery, or RFD mail service in North Carolina was established in the small community of China Grove, near Salisbury in Rowan County.
Painter Elliott Daingerfield was raised in Fayetteville. His work is featured in some of leading museums of the South and the nation, including the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Smithsonian American Museum Art in Washington, D.C.
On October 22, 1780, General George Washington ordered Major General Nathanael Greene to assume command of the southern army.
On October 22, 1931, Charles Ashby Penn, developer of Lucky Strike cigarettes, died.