This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
May
10,
1949
The world's first university-based planetarium, the Morehead Planetarium, opened at the University. The building was named for John Motley Morehead, who was an 1891 graduate and major benefactor of the University.Top |
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