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This Week in KU History

  • Saturday, February 22, 1908

    First of Many

    The KU basketball team, under coach "Phog" Allen, defeats Nebraska to win the first Missouri Valley Conference championship.
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2017

    Lucky 13

    The men's Jayhawk Basketball team beats TCU 87-68 for a share of the Big 12 Conference championship. With their 13th title win they tie UCLA for the most consecutive conference championships in NCAA history.

  • Saturday, February 23, 1895

    Water On The Brain

    KU physics and engineering professor, Lucien I. Blake, successfully transmits the first long distance ship-to-shore message using underwater wireless technology.

  • Friday, February 23, 1912

    A Great Debate

    The University Debating society held its first formal debate. The debate topics included the establishment of a Parcels Post system and the creation of a uniform divorce law. President Milton Minor and VP Allen Wilbur presided over the 54 members of the group.

  • Wednesday, February 23, 1921

    The Thrifty Third

    The KU Registrar, George O. Foster, releases a report showing that 31 percent of KU students are self-supporting.

Old North College (1866-1919)

"Old" North College was KU's first building, which housed KU's "opening exercises" on September 12, 1866. The French jeweler regulator clock hanging in the Traditions area of the Kansas Union's 4th level lounge is believed to have possibly once hung in Old North College. Click the link to learn more about Old North and the clock.


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