This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University's men's basketball team won the NCAA Division I national championship by defeating the University of Illinois 75-70. The victory brought head coach Roy Williams his first national championship and the University its fifth.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was on campus to deliver the Robert and Helen Siler Distinguished Lecture. Kennedy’s talk, which was titled “A Contract With Our Future,” was also a part of UNC’s Earth Day observance.

The University held a dedication ceremony for the $20 million addition to Carrington Hall, which houses the School of Nursing.