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

The William Rand Kenan, Jr. Laboratories of Chemistry were dedicated. As a part of the celebration, the Chemistry Department's faculty offered two days of intensive short courses based on their current research.

United States Senator Sam J. Ervin, a 1917 graduate of the University, spoke before six thousand people at Carmichael Auditorium, criticizing President Richard Nixon's refusal to make available audio tapes during the Watergate Affair investigation.