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A major shock, occurred August 31, 1886, at approximately 9:50 p.m. and lasted less than one minutes, but resulted in about 60 deaths and extensive damage to the city of Charleston.

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South Carolina's official state fruit is the peach and produces about 60,000 tons of peaches each year.

Born in Charleston, SC, Archibald Grimke was a lawyer, journalist, community leader, and a founding member of the NAACP.