1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64
1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1993 Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84
1991 California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public
1991 University of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system
1991 NCAA bans University of Minnesota football team from postseason play in 1992
1991 Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs
1990 Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa
1988 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library
1988 Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1985 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot
1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University
1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1981 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
1980 Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14
1980 University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles and post-season play due to transcript and curriculum abuses
1979 U.S.'s 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at University of Minnesota Hospital
1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic)
1978 James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1978 Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman
1977 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
1977 Dr. Clifford R Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University of NY
1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City
1975 University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance
1974 Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
1973 University of Texas (Arlington) is 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing
1972 Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70
1972 Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky
1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
1970 Bomb kills 1 at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
1970 City University of New York inaugurates open admissions
1970 Susan Veasey, Wilmington, Delaware, LPGA golfer, University of S Fla
1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
1969 University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
1968 Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1968 University of Suriname opens
1968 University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up
1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City
1968 Howard University students seize administration building
1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University
1967 University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
1967 Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer, 1991-93 Co-Captain University of W Fla
1966 Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead
1966 Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 and wounds 31 at University of Texas
1966 Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops
1966 Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas
1965 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson
1965 Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102
1964 WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley
1963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from University of Mississippi
1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama
1962 James Meredith became 1st black at University of Mississippi
1962 James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
1962 John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi
1962 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss
1962 Southern University closed due to demonstrations
1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia
1958 University of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
1956 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
1955 University of California discovers anti-proton
1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
1954 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons
1952 University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student
1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded
1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker
1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1947 Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, Aston University
1946 University of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game
1946 Charles S. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University
1946 M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University
1945 Diana Warwick, leader, Association of University Teachers
1945 Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens
1943 German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor
1943 Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes
1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
1942 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction Enrico Fermi - University of Chicago)
1942 F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield University
1941 Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer, University of East Anglia
1941 Stewart Sutherland, Principal/Vice-Chancellor, Edinburgh University
1940 University of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
1940 Gareth Roberts, chancellor, Sheffield University
1940 1st televised basketball game (University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37)
1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33
1939 Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University
1938 Elizabeth E Bailey, university dean, Carnegie Mellon
1938 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City
1938 Nazi's close theologic department of Innsbruck university
1937 Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)
1937 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University)
1936 Harry Pitt, vice chancellor, Reading University
1936 John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford
1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray
1935 Raoul Franklin, chancellor, City University London
1935 Don Nute, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Denver University, actor
1934 Struther Arnott, professor, St. Andrew University
1934 Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
1933 Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, Strathclyde University
1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
1933 Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin
1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh
1931 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
1931 Monty Losowsky, prof of medicine, St. James University England
1931 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor, Oxford University
1931 Denis Lawton, director, London University Institute of Educ
1930 Robert Buchanan, founder, Center for History of Tech Bath University
1930 William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation, London University
1930 David Smith, principal/vice chancellor, Edinburgh University
1930 Stanley Wells, director, Shakespeare Institute University of Birmingham
1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot
1930 M J Hamlin, Principal/Vice-Chancellor, Dundee University
1929 Autherine Lucy, 1st black to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
1929 George McNicol, principal, Aberdeen University
1929 Morehouse College, Spellman College and Atlanta University affiliate
1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
1928 Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University
1928 Geraint Gruffydd, director, University of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies
1928 Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City)
1927 David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury
1926 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats University of Toronto, 10-7
1926 Mordecai W. Johnson becomes president of Howard University
1926 Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific
1926 Alistair MacFarlane, principal, Heriot-Watt University England
1926 Graham Hills, principal, Strathclyde University, England
1925 1st U.S. University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans
1925 Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated
1924 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3
1923 Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens
1923 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University
1923 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
1923 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent
1922 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1
1922 Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent
1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
1922 John West, vice chancellor, Bradford University
1921 Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolates insulin at University of Toronto
1921 Harry Hookway, pro-chancellor, Loughborough University
1921 Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England
1920 8th CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
1920 William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor, Stirling University
1920 James Munn, commissioner, British University
1920 David Walker, Professor of Law, Glasgow University
1920 Kenneth Dover, chancellor, St. Andrews University
1920 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates
1918 Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar, Leeds University
1918 Earl Jellicoe, chancellor, University of Southhampton
1917 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector, University of Leuven
1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
1916 Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery, University of Glasgow
1916 Owen Chadwick, chancellor, University of East Anglia
1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control
1915 Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class
1915 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA
1915 Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor, University of East Anglia
1914 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2
1914 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
1913 Vivian Ridler, printer, Oxford University
1913 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College
1912 Samuel Curran, vice chancellor, Strathclyde University
1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
1911 3rd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
1911 Arthur Vick, vice chancelor, Queens University, Belfast
1911 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates
1910 2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7
1910 Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor, Ulster University
1909 University of Coopenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole
1909 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
1909 Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London
1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter
1909 Charles Wislon, principal, Glasgow University
1909 1st U.S. university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
1908 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
1908 University of Alberta opens
1908 Earl of Halsbury, chancellor, Brunei University
1908 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates
1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
1904 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team)
1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
1902 Arna W. Bontemps noted poet and librarian of Fisk University
1902 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (University of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies
1900 John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, University of London
1897 Yerkes Observatory of University of Chicago is dedicated
1896 1st large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michgan 7-6
1895 Benjamin E Mays, South Carolina, black educator, Morehouse, Howard University
1895 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1
1894 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California in football
1894 Charles Hodge, California, New York University professor, Answers for Americans
1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before
1892 University of Chicago opens
1891 Irene Coit is 1st woman admitted to Yale University
1891 Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
1890 1st U.S. college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
1887 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
1882 1st U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University
1880 Southern University forms
1880 Amsterdam Free University opens
1880 University of California founded in Los Angeles
1877 University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat
1876 Edith Abbott, dean, University of Chicago Social Sciences
1876 Prairie View State University forms
1876 Johns Hopkins University opens
1874 Harvard beats University of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0
1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
1873 Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to University of Toronto
1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
1873 University of California gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
1872 Morgan State University founded
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard University
1869 University of South Carolina opens to all races
1868 Cornell University (Ithaca New York) opens
1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1868 University of California founded (Oakland California)
1868 University of Illinois opens
1867 Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington D.C.
1867 Fisk University forms, 1867
1867 Howard University chartered
1867 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university
1867 Howard University, Washington D.C., chartered
1866 Howard University founded (Wash, DC)
1866 Fisk University establishes
1865 Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
1865 Howard University forms in Washington D.C.
1865 Atlanta University forms
1865 Cornell University in Ithaca,New York is chartered
1864 1st U.S. mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York
1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931
1861 1st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto)
1861 University of Washington founded in Seattle
1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg
1861 Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle
1857 John H Aberson, 1st chancellor, Dutch Agricultural University
1857 San Jose State University forms
1856 Wilberforce University forms in Ohio
1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute
1854 Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts
1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
1851 Northwestern University in Chicago chartered
1851 David Starr Jordan, New York, biologist/university President, Leland Stanford
1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1847 State University of Iowa is approved
1844 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
1841 Queens University in Kingston is chartered
1841 Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx
1838 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher, Wife at University
1837 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1834 William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months
1827 University of Toronto is chartered
1826 London University founded
1824 Leland Stanford, Gov/Sen, founded Stanford University
1817 University of Gent officially opens
1808 1st U.S. land-grant university founded at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1807 Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University
1807 Ezra Cornell, founder, Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University
1804 1st U.S. land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered
1797 John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx
1795 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University
1795 1st state university in U.S. opens, University of North Carolina
1791 1st U.S. law school established at University of Pennsylvania
1786 Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in U.S.
1786 Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia
1785 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia
1777 University library at Vienna opens
1756 Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University
1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)
1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)
1746 Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
1737 Georg-August University opens in Gottingen
1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
1648 University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens
1636 Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded
1636 University of Utrecht opening ceremony
1614 University of Groningen opens
1582 Leidse university names Rembert Dodoens prof of botany/medicine
1581 Leiden University names Snellius math professor
1575 University of Leiden Netherlands opens
1574 Prince Willem van Orange installs university
1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1519 University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther
1479 Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt), dies at 61
1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
1417 Louis IX, Duke of Bayern, University of Ingolstadt
1365 University of Vienna founded
1348 Prague University, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
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