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May 1, 1945
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Dr. William E. Blatz, education consultant for the Dionne Quintuplets (the first quintuplets known to survive infancy) and director of the Institute of Child Study Service at the University of Toronto, Canada, is the featured speaker for the second annual Parent Education Institute at OU May 1 and 2.
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| May 1, 1970 |
Student Hamburger Eating Contest with Sun newspaper entertainment editor Pete Citron an a KOIL disc jockey. |
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May 1, 1975
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Marxist Angela Davis appears in UNO Music Hall at invitation of UNO International Women's Year Consortium.
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May 1, 1986
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Dick Cavett speaks at ABC Breakfast Series. See Gateway story.
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May 2, 1913
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Omaha University plays University of Nebraska in first athletic contest, a baseball game. The Cornhuskers were winning by 14 runs when the game, held in Lincoln, was ended because of rain.
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May 2, 1951
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OU students take part in 1951 “Lights On” Cancer Control Campaign.
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| May 2, 1973 |
John G. Neihardt speaks at Eppley Conference Center, delivering portions of his "A Cycle of the West" and "Black Elk's Prayer." Sponsored by UNO-Community Writer's Workshop. |
| May 2, 2010 |
Omaha author, photographer and philanthropist Howard Buffet speaks at UNO for annual underwriting fundraiser for Hike to Help Refugees. The event supports the work of the United Nations Refugee Agency. |
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May 3, 1958
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OU's Air Force ROTC appears on WOW-TV's "Futures Unlimited," with drills and singing. "Futures" shows different aspects of OU activities.
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May 3, 1963
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OU gets new switch board, operated by Mrs. Corrada Huntington and student relief operators.
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| May 3, 1973 |
Earl Scruggs, "probably the world's reigning monarch when it comes to picking a five-string banjo," noted the Gateway, performs at Civic Auditorium Music Hall for UNO's Spring Day. |
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May 4, 1929
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OU student Edwin Hogle wins first place in the State Peace Oratorical Contest with his oration, "The Supreme Patriotism," which dealt with the theme that "within the heart of every individual burns a real desire for peace and that the greatest patriotism of all is not in being willing to give up life for a country but in working for perpetual peace so that such sacrifice will no longer be necessary."
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May 4, 1937
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Municipal University of Omaha receives $138,000 check, one-third of PWA grant toward a new campus
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May 5, 1938
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Students take part in Candid Camera Day. "Students may take pictures during classes, but must have the permission of the professor to do so and should not disturb the class procedure."
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May 5, 1949
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Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet perform at OU
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May 5, 1972
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performs in for Student Programming Organization
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May 6, 1930
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Omahans vote to establish Municipal University of Omaha
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May 6, 1940
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On 10th anniversary as municipal university, OU announces establishment of a the Omaha Hall of Fame for citizens
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May 6, 1949
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Nebraska Gov. Val Peterson and his wife, state legislators and administrators, Omaha Mayor Glenn Cunningham and Commissioner John Rosenblatt tour Omaha University then dine with President Milo Bail.
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| May 6, 1973 |
Randy Newman ("Short People" performs in Milo Bail Student Center ballroom. |
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May 7, 1938
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OU students perform folk dances and songs during tea hosted by the American Association of University Women in Blair, Neb.
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May 7, 1962
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Roger Brooke, second secretary of the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., speaks to three groups on campus.
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May 7, 1985
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UNO Chancellor Del Weber accepts policy banning smoking in campus buildings except in designated areas.
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May 7, 2007
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Renovation begins on Milo Bail Student Center Food Court.
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May 8, 1935
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OU students vote 257 to 16 to adopt “Indians” as the university’s new nickname
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May 8, 1945
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OU students and faculty join in morning V-E Day program. Classes dismissed afterward
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May 8, 1965
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OU wins NAIA national bowling championship
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May 8, 1970
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NBC new anchor David Brinkley on campus to take part in a live telecast, “Report form Washington,” a 90-minute question-and-answer period.
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| May 8, 1970 |
Actress Val Gray, 'the voice of the black writer," appears at UNO, accompanied by the five-member Kuumba Workshop troupe of Chicago. Program sponsored by the Black Liberators for Action on Campus and the Student Program Organization. |
| May 8, 1975 |
Free demonstration and discussion on "the use of computer in institutions and research" in Engineering building. |
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May 8, 2007
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John Christensen named UNO Chancellor, first graduate to hold that post
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| May 9, 1960 |
OUampi Room opens its doors. |
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May 9, 1961
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Guerrilla combat topic of discussion in Student Center after 20 U.S. Army Special Forces green berets parachute into field west of Crossroads Mall.
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May 10, 1966
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Omaha voters reject a mill levy to increase support to the university, 38,048 votes against, 28,631 for.
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| May 11, 1913 |
Gateway club organized "for purpose of boosting athletics and school activities of all kinds." |
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May 11, 1930
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OU freshman Mildred Gibson wins first place in the Girls Division of the Atwater Kent radio singing contest held on WOW
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May 11, 1949
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OU students audition for spot on coast-to-coast network radio broadcast, “Original Amateur Hour,”
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May 12, 1988
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Ground broken for construction on Henningson Memorial Campanile. See a Campanile Construction Slideshow, or a 1989 UNO Today article following the May 18, 1989 campanile dedication.
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May 13, 1949
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Cornerstone laid for Fieldhouse
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May 14, 1976
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Omaha singer C.W. McCall ("Convoy") performs at Civic Auditorium Music Hall, along with Mannheim Steamroller, in a concert sponsored by UNO's Student Programming Organization.
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May 15, 1947
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"Action for Palestine" rally held for students at the Jewish Community Center "for all students who are interested in the Palestine problem. A request will be sent from the rally meeting asking the United Nations not to allow themselves to be used as a tool by the British Foreign Office."
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May 15, 1951
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OU campus radio station, KWOU, goes on the air thanks in part to transmitter built by physics students for less than $20
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| May 15, 1957 |
Angel drill team, associated with Omaha University's U.S. Air Force ROTC, performs for Armed Forces Day in Hastings, Neb. |
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May 16, 1935
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First “Ma-ie Day,” a Native American-oriented festival celebrating spring and planting season
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| May 16, 1952 |
Omaha University's U.S. Air Force ROTC hosts first Military Ball, at Peony Park ballroom. Marilyn Sibert named first honorary colonel. |
| May 16, 1970 |
First meeting of Regents Commission on the Urban University, a program founded by Board of Regents to study needs of cities. |
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May 16, 1975
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CBA Building (now Ron and Lois Roskens Hall) dedicated
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May 16, 2013
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UNO baseball team clinches at least a share of the Summit League title — then wins it outright the next day — in a win over South Dakot State. It is the first conference championship of any UNO team in Division I competition.
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May 17, 1951
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OU holds first Campus Sing competition. Four men's groups and five women's groups sing two songs each on the front steps of Arts & Sciences Hall. Theta Chi won the men's contest, Zeta Tau Alpha the women's.
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May 18, 1961
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OU receives $11,371 grant from Atomic Energy Commission to acquire equipment for use in nuclear science and engineering programs.
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May 18, 1975
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UNO wins women’s College World Series softball national title. See a Winter 1994 UNO Alum article on the national title as one of "The 10 Most Memorable Moments in UNO Sports History."
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May 18, 1989
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Henningson Memorial Campanile dedicated. See a Campanile Construction Slideshow, or a 1989 UNO Today article reporting the May 18, 1989 campanile dedication.
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May 18, 1990
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UNO Football Coach Sandy Buda announces retirement after 12 years heading the Mavericks.
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May 19, 1974
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First graduates of UNO European Studies program granted degrees during formal commencement exercises in May in Wiesbaden, Germany
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| May 19, 1996 |
Davenport, a 25-year-old painted brown and white horse, wins the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival "Funniest Horse Contest," claiming the right to play the role of Petruchio's horse in "The Taming of the Shrew" at shakespeare on the Green. |
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May 20, 1950
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Omicron Delta Kappa Circle founded
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May 20, 1955
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Seniors present university with “Victory Bell” (now missing)
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May 21, 1931
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Dean A.J. Dunlap begins six-day “commencement tour” across state in plane painted blue and white with the monogram of the Municipal University under its wings
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May 21, 1955
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Judy Samuelson first UNO student to be chosen from among nine “sweethearts” as College World Series Queen
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May 21, 2001
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UNO wins NCAA Division II softball national championship. Download a PDF article about the championship from the Summer 2001 UNO Alum.
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May 22
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May 23, 1933
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Students in Business Cycle class tour Omaha stock and grain exchanges, seeing "the famous ticker" in action and being treated to a dish of ice cream, compliments of class teacher Dr. J.H. Rhodes.
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May 23, 1935
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Omaha students Don Ryan, Robert Johnson and Virginia Lee depart for Bryce Canyon National Park, where they were hired to help stage a series of dramatic productions for park guests.
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May 23, 1962
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OU takes part in four days of tele-lectures. Speakers include LSU Professor of Speech Dr. Wendell Wilksell, who speaks from a pay telephone booth on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
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May 24, 1937
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LIFE magazine publishes feature on OU campus life, “Omaha Undergraduates do this,” featuring Frances Blumkin, daughter of Rose Blumkin, being lofted into the air in a blanket toss
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May 25, 1942
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University begins first three-semester year
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May 25, 2005
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai visits campus, receives honorary doctorate of humane letters. See articles printed in UNO Gateway and UNO Alum magazine.
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May 26, 1949
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Arrowhead Society launched. The leadership organization honored senior men "who has distinguished himself by high scholarship and demonstration of leadership through outstanding achievement in at least one major and minor captivity."
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May 27, 1943
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Alumni Association hosts annual family picnic for alumni in Hanscom Park.
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May 27, 1978
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Student Steve Jones finishes second in 800 meters at NCAA Division II Naitonal Outdoor Track Championships in Macomb, Ill., posting the second-fastest time in NCAA Division II history (winner Evans White of Prairie View set the record in the win).
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May 27, 1988
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Approximately 400 senior citizens attend Senior Celebration Day on campus.
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May 28, 1954
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University Board of Regents present a model of the campus "as it will look when all buildings are completed." The model was produced by architects John Latenser and Sons.
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| May 29, 1953 |
W. Robert Jenkins, son of university founding president Daniel Jenkins and a one-time OU student, presented Citation for Alumni Achievement during Achievement Day Banquet. |
| May 29, 1998 |
Romanian Folkloric Ensemble Somesul-Napoca performs and conducts a dance workshop at UNO's Strauss Performing Arts Center in appearance sponsored by Omaha International Folkdancers and Moving Company of UNO. |
| May 30, 1970 |
Commencement moved to Omaha Civic Auditorium. Commencement typically held outdoors with the Fieldhouse as a backup in case of rain, but Fieldhouse was under construction. |
| May 31, 1936 |
OU's University Orchestra gives symphony concert at Joslyn Memorial. |
| May 31, 1954 |
1936 Pulitzer Prize winner Felix Morely, former editor of the Washington Post and a noted journalist, educator and political scientist, delivers the commencement address at commencement. |
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May 31, 1963
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Class of 1913 celebrates 50th anniversary during Alumni Association awards banquet.
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| May 31, 2008 |
Student Programming Organization — SPO — changes name to Maverick Productions. |