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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. 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, 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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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. 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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