2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2014 Event The NCAA settles a lawsuit regarding concussions, paying $70 million to assess head injuries for current and past players of college sports; The fund does not cover treatment, forcing injured players to sue their colleges for compensation 2013 Event A study at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals that a modified version of radioimmunotherapy - the treatment for leukemia - can kill latent HIV cells 2012 Event Love letters written between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are published online by Wellesley College and Baylor University 2011 Event In Quebec, 200,000 Canadian college and university students vote to boycott classes to protest tuition fee increases 2011 Event In Punakha, Bhutan, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck marries Jetsun Pema, a 21 year old college student 2002 Death Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1999 Death Bill Ballantine, clown, Ringling Brothers Clown College, dies at 87 1998 Event 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) 1997 Event NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires 1997 Event President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College 1996 Event Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1996 Event St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 1996 Death Alan Ridout, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, dies at 61 1996 Event 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 1995 Death K B Wilson, methodist principal (Westminster College), dies at 50 1995 Event Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta 1995 Event 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000 1994 Death Joan Dickson, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, dies at 72 1994 Death Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1994 Death Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1994 Event 14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000 1994 Event Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13 1993 Event Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1992 Event 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000 1992 Death Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87 1991 Event 12th United Negro College Fund 1991 Event 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City 1991 Event College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 1990 Event 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000 1990 Event 2 slain college students found in Gainesville, Florida 1990 Event CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan 1990 Event NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players 1989 Event 10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000 1989 Event Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game 1989 Event Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1988 Event Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation 1988 Death Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 Event Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship 1987 Event Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 Event Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ 1986 Event NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams 1986 Event Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship 1985 Event Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games 1985 Event Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational 1985 Death Sarah Blanding, 1st U.S. fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 1985 Event Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score 1985 Event Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions 1984 Event 5th United Negro College Fund 1984 Event 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback) 1984 Event Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Event Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Event Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship 1983 Death Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 1983 Event Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1982 Event Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship 1981 Event Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach 1981 Death Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 1981 Event Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1980 Event 1st United Negro College Fund 1980 Event College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for 1980 Death John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92 1980 Event ESPN begins televising college world series games 1980 Event Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship 1977 Event 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1977 Birthday Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1976 Death Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72 1974 Event A college basketball game ends 210-67 1974 Event Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball 1973 Event Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title 1972 Event President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1971 Event KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses 1970 Event Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College 1970 Event Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game 1970 Event KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points 1969 Birthday Laura Brown, born in America, golfer, member, LPGA Tour 1994 - 1997, coach Daytona Beach College women's golf team 1969 Event Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College 1968 Event Students seize building at Bowie State College 1968 Event "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV 1967 Event 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College 1966 Event Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan begins teaching 1966 Event Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance 1965 Birthday Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd 1965 Event Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, founded 1965 Event Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan forms 1960 Birthday Denise Strebig, born in San Bernardino, California, Denise Strebig-Haigh, professional golfer, toured with LPGA 1982-1990, married tour official Kerry Haigh, 1988, played college golf at University of Southern California 1959 Event 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest 1958 Birthday Hal Sutton, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, professional golfer, 1980 College Player of the Year by 'Golf Magazine', ranked in top-10 Official World Golf Rankings 1986 - 1987 1955 Birthday Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1955 Birthday David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England 1954 Event Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx 1954 Event Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game 1953 Birthday Rod Morgenstein, born in New York, drummer, member of '80's heavy metal band Wing, Dixie Dregs, educator, served as professor of percussion, Berklee College of Music 1953 Event Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game 1951 Birthday David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England 1951 Event 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes 1950 Event 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 Event City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1950 Birthday Jack Youngblood, born in Jacksonville, Florida, professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, voted into College Football Hall of Fame 1949 Birthday Mary Maples Dunn, college president, Smith College 1948 Birthday Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London 1946 Birthday Lord Walton of Detchant, physician, Warden of Green College Oxford 1946 Event U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1946 Birthday Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University 1945 Event Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st U.S. Jewish College 1945 Event College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1945 Death Paul Valery, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931, dies at 73 1945 Birthday K B Wilson, methodist Preacher/Principal, Westminster College Oxford 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1944 Birthday Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 Event United Negro College Fund incorporates 1944 Event United Negro College Fund incorporates 1943 Birthday J D Moore, headmaster, St. Dunstan's College 1942 Birthday John Lewis, Head Master, Eton College 1941 Birthday Frank Gerstenberg, Edinburgh, principal, George Watson's College 1940 Birthday Bobby Knight, college basketball coach, Indiana, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1940 Birthday Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1940 Birthday V Payne, British headmistress, Malvern Girls' College 1939 Event 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) 1939 Birthday Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1939 Birthday Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives 1939 Birthday A C F Verity, master, Dulwich College 1938 Birthday Alvin Curran, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, professor at Mills College, co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva, using electronic and environmental found sounds 1938 Birthday Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge 1938 Birthday Niara Sudarkasa, Gloria M Clark, educator/president, Lincoln College 1938 Birthday Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1938 Birthday Gloria Dean Randle Scott, educator/president, Beaumont College 1938 Birthday A. J. Bellingham, president, Royal College of Pathologists 1938 Birthday Kenneth J. Gregory, warden, Goldsmiths' College 1937 Event 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University) 1937 Death Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 1937 Event New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1937 Birthday Tom Osborne, college football coach 1936 Birthday Johnnetta B. Cole, educator and president Spellman College 1936 Birthday D V Day, Principal, St. John's College, Durham U 1936 Event Benjamin E. Mays named president of Morehouse College 1936 Birthday Trevor Clay, General-Secretary, Royal College of Nursing 1936 Birthday Brian Fuller, commandant, Fire Service College, England 1936 Birthday Maurice Shock, rector, Lincoln College in Oxford 1936 Birthday John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford 1936 Birthday Michael Livesay, British admiral and president, RN College Greenwich 1936 Birthday G H Blake, Principal, Collingwood College, Durham U 1936 Birthday Enid Castle, principal, Cheltenham Ladies' College 1935 Event 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class 1935 Event NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 1934 Birthday Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Birthday Bob Hepple, master, Clare College Cambridge 1934 Birthday Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1934 Birthday Leslie Turnberg, president, Royal College of Physicians 1934 Event 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1933 Birthday Catherine Pestell, principal, Somerville College Oxford 1933 Birthday Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1933 Birthday Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford 1932 Event Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game 1932 Birthday Gundaris Pone, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York 1932 Birthday Angela Rumbold, born in England, politician, Member of Parliament, British Conservative Party, attended King's College, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1932 Birthday John Armitage, principal, College of St. Hilda and St. Bede Durham 1932 Birthday Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester 1932 Birthday Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster, Ampleforth College England 1932 Birthday Janet Bately, Professor of English Language, King's College London 1932 Birthday Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1932 Birthday James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland 1931 Birthday Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 1930 Event New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1930 Birthday Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge 1930 Birthday Robert Bunyard, Commandant, British Police Staff College 1930 Birthday Uwe Kitzinger, President, Templeton College, Oxford 1930 Birthday Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1930 Birthday Mary Moore, principal, St. Hilda's College, Oxford 1930 Birthday Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1930 Birthday Derek Bok, college president, Harvard 1929 Birthday Andrew Rutherford, warden, Goldsmith's College 1929 Birthday Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford 1929 Birthday Michael Atiyah, educator, Trinity College - Cambridge England 1929 Birthday Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress, Malvern Girls' College 1929 Event Morehouse College, Spellman College and Atlanta University affiliate 1928 Birthday Reginald Askew, dean, King's College London 1928 Birthday John Horlock, British vice-chancellor, Open College 1928 Event Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City) 1928 Birthday Phil Jones, principal, Trinity College of Music 1928 Birthday Eric Ash, rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 1927 Birthday M Lawrence Antouin, college president, Emeritis 1927 Event Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens 1927 Birthday Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England 1927 Birthday Alan Betts, emeritus professor, Royal Veterinary College 1927 Birthday Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1926 Birthday Richard Laws, St. Edmunds College Cambridge 1926 Event NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates 1926 Birthday Robert Earle, Baldwin, New York, TV host, GE College Bowl 1925 Event Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college 1925 Birthday Christopher Ball, born in Oxford, warden, Keble College 1925 Birthday John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 Birthday Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1924 Birthday David Cox, warden, Nuffield College, Oxford 1924 Birthday Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983 1924 Birthday Michael Gow, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1924 Birthday Michael McCrum, master, Corpus Christi College Cambridge 1924 Event 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1923 Event Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships 1923 Birthday Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president, Wolfson at Oxford 1922 Birthday Arnold Burgen, college president, Academia Europaea 1921 Birthday Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone 1921 Birthday James Menter, principal, Queen Mary College 1921 Event Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins 1921 Birthday Ian Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons 1920 Event WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1920 Birthday Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1919 Birthday Kingman Brewster, college president, Yale 1919 Birthday Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1919 Birthday Raymond Carr, Warden, St. Antony's College Oxford 1919 Birthday Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach, Grambling 1918 Birthday Richard Hoggart, author/warden, Goldsmith's College London 1918 Birthday Joan Bernard, Principal, Trevelyan College, Durham 1918 Event Wageningen Agricultural College Netherlands opens 1918 Birthday Oral Roberts, Televangelist; needs $8,000,000, Oral Roberts College 1917 Birthday Colin Cowe, senior bursar, Magdalen College Oxford 1917 Birthday William Barr, rector, Exeter College, Oxford 1917 Birthday Stanley Prager, New York City, comedian, College Bowl 1916 Birthday Frank McGuire, basketball coach, won 550 games in 30 college seasons 1916 Birthday Bud Wilkinson, college football coach, Oklahoma 1915 Event Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA 1915 Birthday Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1915 Birthday John Habakkuk, principal, Jesus College in Oxford 1913 Birthday William Deakin, warden, St. Anthony's College Oxford 1913 Birthday Woody Hayes, Wayne, college football coach, Ohio, 1968 coach of yr 1912 Event American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill 1912 Event Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College 1910 Birthday Donald Lindsay, headmaster, Malvern College 1909 Birthday Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Birthday Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London 1909 Birthday Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1906 Death Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies 1906 Event John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College 1906 Birthday Kathleen Major, principal, St. Hilda's College, England 1906 Birthday Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English, Bedford College 1905 Birthday Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College 1904 Event George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in New York City 1904 Event 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them 1903 Event Cornerstone laid for U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C. 1901 Event Army War College forms in Washington D.C. 1901 Event Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a U.S. college 1900 Birthday David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1899 Birthday James B. Connant, chemist/college president, Yale 1897 Event Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1897 Birthday Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1965 1894 Event 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 1893 Birthday Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1960 1893 Event 1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago 1892 Event N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game 1892 Event 1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr Penn 1891 Event 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College) 1891 Birthday Robert Gordon Sproul, educator/college President, University of California 1887 Event Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship 1884 Event Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1884 Event Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1883 Birthday Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great, Yale 1882 Event 1st U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University 1881 Event Spelman College founded 1878 Event Hastings College of Law founded 1878 Event Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1877 Event U.S. Electoral College declares R. Hayes winner presidential election 1876 Event U.S. Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as President (although Tilden won) 1876 Event Edward Bouchet, is 1st African-American to receive a PhD in U.S. college, Yale 1876 Event Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College 1876 Event President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1875 Event Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms 1875 Birthday Mary McLeod Bethune, South Carolina, slave/educator, Bethune-Cookman College 1874 Event Ontario Agricultural College founded 1872 Event Alcorn A and M College opens 1871 Birthday Paul Valery, born in France, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931 1870 Event Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1869 Birthday Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao, Radulphus College 1868 Event 1st American bicycle college opens (NY) 1867 Event Maimonides College in Penns is 1st Jewish college in the US 1867 Event Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia) 1862 Birthday Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor, College, Phantom of the Opera 1860 Event American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX 1857 Event Gallaudet College (National Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.) 1857 Birthday Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president, Bryn Mawr College 1855 Event 1st veterinary college in U.S. incorporated in Boston 1854 Event Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts 1854 Event Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) 1852 Event Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College 1850 Event 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens 1850 Event Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1850 Birthday Mary Mills Patrick, U.S., 1st President of Istanbul Woman's College 1849 Event Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1848 Event 1st U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania 1842 Event Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft 1841 Event Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx 1840 Event Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in U.S., incorporated 1837 Event Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women 1836 Birthday Fannie M Jackson, pioneer and educator, 1st U.S. Black woman college grad 1833 Event Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens 1833 Event 1st U.S. college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded 1833 Event Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st U.S. woman grad of a pharmacy college 1828 Birthday Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1826 Birthday Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views 1825 Event 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, New York)) 1825 Event 1st U.S. engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York 1821 Event 1st U.S. pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia 1821 Event College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st U.S. pharmacy college 1817 Event Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College 1811 Birthday Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1810 Birthday John McCloskey, U.S., President of St. John's College, Fordham U 1808 Event 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard 1806 Event 1st U.S. college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue 1804 Event 1st U.S. land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered 1802 Birthday Mark Hopkins, U.S., educator/philosopher, Williams College 1801 Event House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr 1791 Event 1st Catholic college in U.S., Georgetown, opens 1789 Event Franklin College founded 1789 Event 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and Vice President 1789 Event Georgetown, 1st U.S. Catholic college, founded 1776 Event 1st U.S. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms 1776 Event Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College 1769 Event Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter 1769 Birthday Horace H Hayden, cofounded 1st dental college 1765 Event 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia 1758 Event Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems 1754 Event Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) 1754 Event Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City) 1705 Event Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College 1693 Event College of William and Mary opens 1693 Event William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1693 Event Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1678 Event Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford 1673 Event Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate 1668 Event Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1661 Event Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1642 Event Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement 1639 Event Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1619 Event Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 1441 Event Eton College founded by Henry VI
