TOWN

Official Website:
http://www.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us/

Population:
48715 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1819 (founded)

County:
Durham County, Orange County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Kenan-Flagler Business School	1919
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1789
University of North Carolina	1789

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Algonquin Books	1983

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cam Cameron	Football	6-Feb-1961		Miami Dolphins Head Coach, 2007
Laurel Holloman	Actor	23-May-1971		Tina Kennard on The L Word
John Newton	Actor	29-Dec-1965		Tony Pagano on The Untouchables
Mojo Nixon	Musician	2-Aug-1957		Don Henley Must Die
Buzz Patterson	Radio Personality	c. 1955		The Buzz Cut
David Rees	Cartoonist	22-Jun-1972		Get Your War On
Loudon Wainwright III	Singer/Songwriter	5-Feb-1947		Rufus was a Tit-Man

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Bogart	Film Director	13-Nov-1919	15-Apr-2012	Prolific TV and film director
Lee Chamberlin	Actor	14-Feb-1938	30-May-2014	The Electric Company
Elizabeth Edwards	Relative	3-Jul-1949	7-Dec-2010	Wife of ex-Senator John Edwards
William C. Friday	Educator	13-Jul-1920	12-Oct-2012	President of UNC, 1956-86
Bill Guthridge	Basketball	27-Jul-1937	12-May-2015	UNC Head Coach, 1997-2000
George H. Hitchings	Scientist	18-Apr-1905	27-Feb-1998	Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis
Luther H. Hodges	Politician	9-Mar-1898	6-Oct-1974	Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61
Randall Jarrell	Poet	6-May-1914	14-Oct-1965	The Woman at the Washington Zoo
Kay Kyser	Musician	18-Jun-1897	23-Jul-1985	The Ol' Professor, eleven #1 records
Lewis Leary	Educator	18-Apr-1906	1-May-1990	That Rascal Freneau
William H. Pease	Historian	31-Aug-1924	20-Jun-2013	The Web of Progress
Martin Rodbell	Scientist	1-Dec-1925	7-Dec-1998	G-protein cell signal transmission
Dean Smith	Basketball	28-Feb-1931	7-Feb-2015	UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97
Oliver Smithies	Scientist	23-Jun-1925	10-Jan-2017	Knock-out mice
Helen Vinson	Actor	17-Sep-1907	7-Oct-1999	The Wedding Night
Karl Edward Wagner	Novelist	12-Dec-1945	14-Oct-1994	Creator of Kane, the mystic swordsman

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