1. In 1872, North Carolina born Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, famous for being the dressmaker and confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, gave a lecture on "Fashion in America" in Raleigh.

2. In 1922, the North Carolina Symphony debuted its first public concert in Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium, led by founder Lamar Stringfield.

3. In 1930, North Carolina native Clyde Hoey was elected governor of the state. He served two terms before being elected as a U.S. senator.

4. In 1955, the town of Chapel Hill became the first municipality in the South to adopt an ordinance prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations.

5. In 2008, Barack Obama won the state of North Carolina in the presidential election, becoming the first Democratic candidate to do so since Jimmy Carter in 1976.