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A date-driven history of the University of Kansas. Historical photos are primarily obtained from KU yearbooks or University Archives. | https://t.co/c9nSL8P9gv
Lawrence, KS
Joined July 2010
July 19, 1939 - This was the official souvenir of the 1939 National Cornhusking Contest. It went on sale this day before the actual context in November. Jayhawk Enterprises produced 15,000 of them for local merchants. The attendance at the event was estimated to be 112,000.
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July 17, 1966 - KU sophomore-to-be Jim Ryun set a new world record in the Mile Run with a time of 3:51.3.
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Ascher Family Collection This watch was owned by Lester and Elsie Jones, who graduated from the University in the 1920's. Their initials are engraved in the back. The couple went on to move to Nebraska and operated a photography studio.
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July 11, 1914 - The Lawrence Daily Journal World reported Dr. Naismith stating, "Parents should be careful about letting their children go swimming in Potter Lake." 2 students had drowned in the previous 3 years.
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July 3, 1855 - Andrew H. Reeder, first territorial governor of Kansas, spoke before the first session of the territorial legislature and called for the establishment of a system of public education.
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July 1, 1952 - Dr. Clarke Wescoe became the School of Medicine dean and KU Medical Center director. He expanded the medical campus to over 20 buildings, & he oversaw the end of segregation and more focus on rural & mental health.
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June 30, 1939 - After leading KU through difficult times during the Depression, Ernest Lindley stepped down as KU Chancellor and embarked on a much-needed vacation to the Far East. He died on that voyage on August 21, 1940 and was buried at sea.
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June 27, 1988 - Five KU students arrived in Managua, Nicaragua to give, in a symbolic act, a 1963 Chevy bus as humanitarian aid to the Sandinistas government and its people. Automobile parts were scarce in Nicaragua because of embargoes.
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June 25, 1876 - The only living thing Americans found at the site of the Battle of Little Big Horn was a cavalry warhorse named “Comanche.” To this day, Comanche’s preserved remains are on exhibit in the KU Natural History Museum.
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June 22, 1947 - Bobby Douglass was born in Manhattan, KS and would go on to become one of the most storied players in KU football history. Douglass played at KU from 1966 to 1968 and led the Jayhawks to the Orange Bowl in 1968.
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June 20, 1955 - The on-location filming in Kansas for the film "Picnic" was completed. The movie was based on KU alum William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two. https://t.co/UKrelekuds
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Ascher Family Collection Roy Williams, inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007, preforming his famous Roy Shuffle.
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June 16, 1989 - Mike Kautsch, Dean of Journalism, announced faculty-mandated changes at KJHK Radio during a station board of directors meeting. The mandate was instituted to improve the station's compliance with federal regulations. https://t.co/jdXhUjX5bS
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Ascher Family Collection Crafted by George Knotts in 1953, this is the first known freestanding stone sculpture of the KU Jayhawk. It is currently displayed on the 2nd floor of the KS Union with other Jayhawks created by Knotts. https://t.co/lv0OqEiOxD
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June 12, 2015 - Senior Michael Stigler claimed the national title in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Track & Field Championship. https://t.co/KzSZPfD7W1
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June 10, 2010 - In the midst of a ticket office scandal and realignment of the Big 12 Conference, Athletics Director Lew Perkins announced his retirement. https://t.co/gXOwXZ1adT
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June 8, 1983 - Hollywood movie director George Cukor gave "Near Sundown," a small 1933 oil painting on canvas by Grant Wood, to KU’s Spencer Museum of Art. https://t.co/b06dIRc2SK
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June 6, 1865 - The scourge of Lawrence, William Clarke Quantrill, former leader of the bushwhackers who burned Lawrence in 1863, killing as many as 200 Lawrence residents, died at age 27 in Louisville, Kentucky. https://t.co/nBBCcZ60i4
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6-4-1965 - Before the demolition of Old Fraser Hall, the Kansas City Star printed a poem about the building that included the lines: “Sound the bars! Ring the axes! It’s no longer worth the taxes, And our Kansas is so poor, And the past is such a bore.” https://t.co/RSa47S7u6Q
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June 2, 1917 - Sallie Casey Thayer agreed to donate her extensive art collection to KU after enduring several years of frustration with Kansas City's inability to develop a significant public art gallery. https://t.co/e62g863eZr
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