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

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This Week in UNC History
May 10 - May 16

May 10, 1889
Charles Phillips died in Columbia, South Carolina, on the way to live with his sons in Birmingham, Alabama. An 1841... More

May 10, 1913
Standard Oil Trust executive and Florida developer Henry M. Flagler died. His widow, Mary Kenan Flagler (later Bingham), would later... More

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,... More

May 11, 2005
The 5,000-pound top of the Unsung Founders Memorial on McCorkle Place was installed by Facilities Services. The sculpture was the... More

May 12, 1996
Five University students died in a fire that gutted the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house on West Cameron Avenue.

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

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