2011 Event Peruvians reclaimed 45,000 Inca artefacts taken by Yale University from Machu Picchu over a hundred years ago, finally successful in their campaign to return of 'the dignity and pride of Peru' 1984 Event 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library 1983 Event Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games 1968 Event Yale University announces it is going co-educational 1965 Event "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn between 1423 and 1445 1963 Death Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1962 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale 1956 Birthday Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1938 Birthday A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 1937 Event 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB) 1937 Event Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University) 1936 Event 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E) 1931 Birthday Martin Boykan, composer, professor, studied at Harvard, Yale, awarded Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, studied with Edward Steuermann, Aaron Copeland 1930 Event 1st U.S. football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0) 1928 Birthday Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' 1927 Birthday Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama 1922 Event 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 1919 Birthday Kingman Brewster, college president, Yale 1919 Birthday Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1911 Birthday Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. OSSer/librarian, Yale curator 1908 Birthday Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star, Yale 1906 Birthday Alfred Whitney Griswold, born in Morristown, New Jersey, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963 1899 Birthday James B. Connant, chemist/college president, Yale 1897 Event 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 1897 Event Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1896 Event 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3) 1889 Birthday Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist, Yale professor 1888 Event Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1883 Birthday Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great, Yale 1878 Event Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1876 Event Edward Bouchet, is 1st African-American to receive a PhD in U.S. college, Yale 1873 Event 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 1873 Event Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football 1868 Death Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies 1859 Birthday Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale 1852 Event 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 1851 Event Linus Yale patents Yale-lock 1848 Birthday Caroline Ardelia Yale, U.S., educated deaf 1821 Birthday Linus Yale, U.S., portrait painter and inventor, Yale cylinder lock 1806 Event 1st U.S. college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue 1701 Event Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven 1649 Birthday Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale
