This Week in KU History
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Sunday, July 5, 1857
Architect John G. Haskell, the prolific designer of scores of Kansas buildings, including five KU structures – two of which still remain – first arrives in Lawrence.
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Friday, July 5, 1912
Dr. James Naismith recommends to the Board of Regents that items be obtained for Potter Lake to make it safer for swimming. Items include a flat bottom boat, two oars, a strong paddle, an anchor, a pipe pole, an artificial resuscitator, and the presence of a staff person when swimming is permitted.
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Thursday, July 6, 2000
After being recruited by the University of North Carolina, KU's men's basketball coach Roy Williams announces that he is staying at Kansas. He would decide to leave for UNC three years later.
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Monday, July 6, 2015
When future KU alum Clyde Tombaugh discovered "Planet X" (now known as Pluto) in 1930, he couldn't have believed he might one day visit it. But that happens this month as the New Horizons spacecraft, with Clyde's ashes aboard, reaches Pluto. The spacecraft will fly by Pluto on July 14, 2015.
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Saturday, July 7, 1894
KU’s Lewis Lindsay Dyche leaves New York as official naturalist on the ill-starred Cook expedition to the North Pole.
