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Because the space race was a Major Initiative within the cold war. Tminus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Ignition. We are in the campus of the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. I am standing in front of the morehead building, home of the morehead planetarium. Which is now the morehead planetarium and science center. John morgan iii is from a famous North Carolina family. Grandfather was the governor of North Carolina. John morehead iii attended carolina for undergraduate school in chemistry. Made an accidental discovery in a Chemistry Lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of Union Carbide and he became an extremely wealthy man, and he conceived of this idea, what he did as a leading Science Education contribution was he built the planetarium. When we opened in 1949, the planetarium was the first one in the south. His contribution was significant. We are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. So he visited a planetarium in chi
When this area was selected as the side of the university, there were no town or village here. There were neighboring farms, a chapel located on what is now the side of the caroline in, but there was no town to speak of. On the day they laid the cornerstone for the First University building, they also had an auction of town lots. They understood that if the university was going to succeed, there needed to be a town around it to provide businesses, places for people to live. The town of chapel hill and university were born on the same day. In university was chartered 1789. The ground broke for the first building in 1793, and about a year and a half later, in 1795, when the university opened, they january, 1790y five. They had events on campus here, no students showed up. It took them a few weeks before the First Student arrived. He came over 100 miles from the coast of North Carolina. He was the entire student body for about two weeks before more students gradually drifted on to campus.
There was no town or village here. There were neighboring farms. There was an anglican chapel where there is now the carolina inn. There was no town to speak of. On the day that they laid the cornerstone for the first diversity building, they had an auction of town lots. They understood that as the university was conceived, it would need a town around it to support it, provide businesses and a place to live. It became chapel hill and was born on the same day. The university was chartered in 1789. Ground broke for the first building in 1793. A year and a half later, 1795, the university opened. They had an Opening Ceremony in january of 1795. They had events on campus here. No students showed up. It took another few weeks for the First Student to arrive. He came from over 100 miles and he was the entire student body for two weeks until more students gradually came to campus. For the first century, it was a school for white men only. The 1890s that women were admitted. And then it starte
Chapel hill. Im standing in front of the morehead building. Home of the morehead planetarium, which is now the morehead planetarium and science center. John motley morehead iii, from a famous North Carolina family, the moreheads, his grandfather was governor of North Carolina. John motley morehead iii, attended carolina as undergraduate student in chemist chemistry. Made an accidental discovery in a Chemistry Lab that led to the founding of Union Carbide and from that, he became an extremely wealthy man. And in the 30s when he conceived of this idea, what you did as a leading edge Science Education contribution would be building a planetarium. When we opened in 1949, the morehead planetarium was the first in the south. So his contribution was significant. We were also the first planetarium anywhere in the world on a university campus. So he visited the planetarium in chicago. The hayden planetarium. He also visited zeis, the leading lens manufacturer in the world. They arguably still a