On October 15, 1810, Alfred Moore, Revolutionary War officer and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, died.
On October 14, 1886, Frank Porter Graham was born in Fayetteville.
On October 14, 1965, poet Randall Jarrell was struck and killed by a car while walking at dusk along the side of NC 54 Bypass. At the time, Jarrell was staying in the hospital in Chapel Hill recovering from a suicide attempt and being treated with antidepressants.
On October 14, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed at Lindley Field in Greensboro to celebrate its opening.
On October 13, 1938, Shirley Caesar, an award-winning gospel singer and preacher was born in Durham. Her beginnings were humble. She and her 11 siblings lost their father when they were young.
On October 12, 1923, the Unity Monument was dedicated at Bennett Place in Durham, memorializing the end of the Civil War and reunification of the country.