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Feb. 5, 1942
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Thurman Arnold, assistant U.S. Attorney General and “the federal government’s No. 1 trustbuster,” begins two days of speeches, “Free Enterprise During the War and After,” for the Baxter Memorial lecture series
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Feb. 5, 1956
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Eppley Library (now Administration Building) dedicated
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Feb. 6, 1934
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National Council for the Prevention of War representative H.E. Terrell addresses international economic relations class, reporting on trip to Germany where he studied the Hitler movement
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Feb. 6, 1964
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Sophomore Terry Williams ties the world indoor 60-yard dash record of 6.0 seconds during a meet against Doane and Hastings. The record originally was set in 1960 by Herb Carper in Dortmund, Germany.
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Feb. 7, 1950
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OU students set a Douglas County record by donating 130 points of blood to the Red Cross, topping the 124 points Creighton students had donated.
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Feb. 8, 1945
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World War II veterans form new organization, Eagles and Anchors
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Feb. 9, 1967
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The Association performs at the Civic Auditorium’s Music Hall after canceling a homecoming show the previous fall.
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Feb. 9, 1972
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1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Norman E. Borlaug speaks on "Problems of Population — Food, Production, Ecology,
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Feb. 9, 1980
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Inaugural meeting of the Association for Systems Management, a club for students interested in computers and systems analysis.
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Feb. 9, 1989
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Attallah Shabazz, oldest daughter of Malcom X, speaks in Strauss Performing Arts Center on "Malcolm X: The Man and Father Away from the Podium" for Black History Month.
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Feb. 11, 1960
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“Happiest Millionaire” debuts with OU student Peter Fonda in role of John Lawless
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Feb. 11, 1962
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OU Freshman James Kaspar conducts one-man piano recital in Joslyn Museum’s recital hall
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Feb. 12, 1952
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KMTV presents new TV set – a 17-inch Philco, during the station’s “Penny Auction” program
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Feb. 13, 1931
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Universal Picture’s Author Ungar conducts interviews with OU students interested in a movie career.
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Feb. 14, 1931
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William Elmer Sealock, dean of teachers’ college at the University of Nebraska, elected president of new Municipal University of Omaha by regents
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Feb. 14, 1938
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Night students help Omaha fireman put out a fire in the janitor’s room of Joslyn Hall
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Feb. 14, 1983
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James Doohan — “Scotty” on “Star Trek” — speaks at the Milo Bail Student Center.
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Feb. 15, 1980
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UNO Student President/Regent Katie Rinn and nearly 300 other student government leaders from across the country meet in the White House with President Jimmy Carter, who tells her she’s “good looking.”
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Feb. 16, 1940
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LIFE magazine publishes photos of men’s dancing class
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Feb. 16, 1949
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Capt. Michael Fielding speaks on “What next on Russia,” at a convocation. A military and political analyst, he had just returned from a European trip “highlighted by several narrow escapes from the Russian NKVD.
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Feb. 17, 1933
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Maxine Steincamp named “Depression Queen,” at Women’s Athletic Association Dance
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Feb. 18, 1924
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Hamilton Holt, former editor of New York Independent and one of the chief American correspondents at Versailles, speaks at university on behalf of League of Nations
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Feb. 18, 2004
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Former Maverick Dan Ellis becomes first player in UNO history to play in an NHL game as winning goaltender in Dallas Stars 4-3 win over Los Angeles Kings
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Feb. 19, 1945
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School of Adult Education beings four-day institute of church music
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Feb. 19, 1967
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OU students Craig Reisser, Wesley Webster, Marcia Cohen and Gary Johnson lose to Texas 375-125 on “General Electric College Bowl,”
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Feb. 19, 1974
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Unexpected death of Football Coach Al Caniglia
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Feb. 20, 1939
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Alpha Theta chapter of Alpha Phil Omega, national service fraternity, begins a weeklong campus fingerprint drive to aid FBI in englaring the civil identification files. "There is no stigma attached to having one's fingerprints on file at Washington," FBI Director J.. Edgar Hoover wrote in a letter to Alpha Phi Omega. More than 400 students are fingerprinted.
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Feb. 20, 1942
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Omaha University Board of Regents vote to add a third semester to the school year.
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Feb. 20, 1977
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UNO and UNL football players stage benefit basketball game in UNO Fieldhouse for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Mavericks led by quarterback John Smolsky, Huskers by quarterback Vince Ferragamo.
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Feb. 21, 1945
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The Earl of Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, speaks at the university under auspices of OU and the Omaha Committee on Foreign Relations
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Richie Havens and Dave Loggins perform in Peony Park Ballroom under sponsorship of Student Programming Organization. |
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UNO hosts Centennial Gala at QwestCenter in celebration of the university’s 100-year anniversary Oct. 8, 1908. Six UNO graduates featured in program showing talking of how the university made them “Central to the City,” the gala’s theme. Proceeds fund two community fellowships. |
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Feb. 22, 1938
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Nationally renown and modern dance pioneers the Charles Weidman Dancers brought to Omaha for performance at Technical High School by University Women’s Athletic Association
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Feb. 22, 1974
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Miss Black America Arnice Russell speaks on "The Black Direction" as part of the African-American Heritage series sponsored by the Black Liberators for Action Committee (BLAC).
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Feb. 22, 1996
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Noted author Stephen Ambrose speaks at the Thompson Center in a lecture on Meriwether Lewis.
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Feb. 23, 1948
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Milo Bail announced by Regents as new OU president, to replace Rowland Haynes upon his July 1 retirement
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Feb. 23, 1950
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First basketball game played in Fieldhouse, vs. Creighton
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Feb. 23, 1972
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Anthropologist Margaret Mead speaks in Student Center ballroom
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Feb. 24, 1942
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OU students begin four-day strike demanding resignation of President Rowland Haynes in protest of his lack of support for athletics, unfair dealings with faculty, financial policies, relationship with Regents
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Feb. 24, 1947
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Monsieur Jacques Donvez speaks to OU French students s representative of French Embassy
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Feb. 24, 1955
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OU basketball defeats Creighton University for first time, 95-86
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Feb. 24, 1971
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Roberta Flack performs for UNO’s Student Programming Organization, in Joslyn Concert Hall.
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Feb. 25, 1950
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OU students entertained on 10th floor of Brandeis Building for KFAB show “Campus Cavalcade” radio program
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Feb. 26, 1953
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Pulitzer Prize winner James Reston, correspondent for New York Times’ Washington Bureau, speaks at 10th annual Baxter Lecture Series on “The Price of Freedom"
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Feb. 27, 1948
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Alpha Lambda Delta, first national scholastic organization, installed at OU
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Feb. 28, 1924
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University glee clubs perform “In Jungle Land,” “Goodnite, Goodnite, Beloved” and other selections in a WOAW (later WOW) broadcast
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Feb. 28, 1982
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UNO sophomore Lori Lynn Novicki is named Miss Nebraska USA
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Feb. 29, 1967
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OU Ski Club begins annual excursion, in Winter Park, Colo.
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Feb. 29, 1972
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Senior Lynda Korolka wins the 14-contestant UNO Top Coed Contest, sponsored by Home Economics Club and Glamour Magazine.
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