Omaha Postmaster Dean Ringer speaks at school assembly
First spring football practice
OU students required to show ID cards to eat in cafeteria; war-related rationing of food for home consumption and restrictions on public restaurants were bringing “outsiders” to the cafeteria
C.T. Hewgley replaces Al Caniglia as UNO football coach
Nebraska Gov. Robert Crosby speaks to OU students on "Nebraska's Tax Muddle" in appearance sponsored jointly by Young Republicans and Young Democrats clubs
Dean W. Gilbert James addresses the Minne Lusa Parent Association on “An Evening with the Poets"
OU students Johnny Ray Gomez, Mel Daley and Bill Wakefield sign three-year contract to record under "Applause" label as the "U-Neeks"
Pulitzer Prize recipient Allan Nevins speaks for two days through William F. Baxter Lecture series
T.L. Combs family presents check to pay for purchase of three airplanes — a P-47 and two PT-13s — for use in OU Aircraft and Engine School
Studs Terkel narrates “I Come to Sing,” stressing the organic continuity of folk music at OU convocation, joining blues great Big Bill Broonzy, and balladeers Lawrence Lane and Win Stracke
Omaha retailer Frederick W. Kayser, a founder of Kilpatrick's Store, dies. In his will he left three trust funds totaling $450,000) that eventually went to UNO after the deaths of his sisters and nieces. The gifts first helped fund the Kayser Chair of Economics and Kayser Chair of Finance. Kayser Hall was named in his honor when it was dedicated Sept. 12, 1971.
Harvard University Economist Dr. Sumner H. Slichter concludes two days of talks at the William F. Baxter Memorial Lectures
OU students help run radio station KBON for a day, working as announcers, disc jockeys, newscasters and actors
Omaha University band and Indiannes cheerleaders perform at Omaha Municipal Airport, greeting three planes of VIPs making their way from the East Coast to California as part of Mutual of Omaha’s 50th anniversary celebration
OU students travel to hear Nobel prize winner Harold C. Urey, atomic scientist, speak in Lincoln
Three-day Newport Jazz Festival starts at UNO
OU freshman Frank Burhorn wins "Stepping Stones to Stardom" talent show on radio station KOIL after playing Bach's "Chromatic Fantasia" on the clarinet
Women's Athletic Association hosts carnival in school auditorium; proceeds purchased $40 in war bands and stamps
OU student Patricia Joy McFarland competes in Miss Wool of America pageant in San Angelo, Texas. The contest was sponsored by the National Wool Producers and American Wool Council. McFarland represented Nebraska and Kansas.
Dr. Yadamandan Prassad, native of India and graduate of The University of India and Cambridge University, addresses school assembly to talk on India education, politics and social life
First football scrimmage between varsity and alumni; lumni win, 23-19
Sinclair Gas and Oil Company President William H. Morris speaks on campus through the American Heritage lecture series sponsored under College of Adult Education
Renowned pediatrician Benjamin Spock, author of "Baby and Child Care" and vocal Vietnam War critic, speaks to UNO students
Start of Indian Heritage Days hosted by the campus chapter of American Indians United (AIU)
Casavant Pipe Organ in Strauss Performing Arts Center dedicated
The first Brazilian-made film to be released in the United States, "Cangaceiro," a western, is shown at OU
Homecoming Princess Virginia Frank, Prom Queen Mary Jane Chapman and Tomahawk Beauty Queen Judy Flint honored at Shrine Circus starting this day in Omaha Civic Auditorium, 1959
Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and leader of India’s ruling political party, visits campus, speaking on “Security Through Peace” for the University Nights series
Card playing on campus prohibited by president’s office upon recommendation of student council and faculty committee on student activities
Classes canceled as 1,000 OU students contribute 60,000 man hours of labor fighting flooding along Missouri River
Grammy winner Bill Withers ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Just the Two of Us") performs in MBSC Ballroom
Yuri V. Gankovsky, head of the Afghan section of the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, speaks at a press conference at UNO; he predicted that the Soviet Union would pull all its troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year
“The Road to Omaha” College World Series statue modeled in part on 13 UNO students, moved to outside stadium in downtown Omaha
OU Vice President of Business Management Charles Hoff reports to the Board of Regents a nearly $200,000 shortfall in tax receipts
Dean W.G. James presents OU's period on WOW radio, speaking on "The Poet and His Song"
OU student Ted Hillmer, 38, races in Boston Marathon, finishing in 3 hours, 14 minutes.
Former OU student Dr. Walter Judd, a missionary and physician, talks of his experiences in China
OU begins 10-day Latin American festival featuring lectures by world-famous travelers, new sound movies and exhibits of South American culture
OU hosts 75 members for annual convention of the west central chapter of the American Association of French Teachers
Nebraska Gov. Frank Morrison speaks to German Club, giving his impressions of Germany, where he had recently traveled
Nebraska Gov. Frank Morrison and Omaha Mayor James Dworak are guest speakers at Young Democratic Club of Nebraska's Biennial Convention
Gene Stoltzfus, former deputy Director of International Voluntary-Services in Vietnam, speaks about Vietnam in Student Center on behalf of Campus Christian fellowship
The Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center is dedicated; the nationally unique space was created to foster opportunities for partnerships among UNO students, faculty, staff and nonprofit or government organizations
Illinois Democrat Congressman Roman Pucinski is guest speaker at Young Democratic Club of Nebraska's Biennial Convention
Debut of NBC television show "Real People" with former OU student Charles F. "Skip" Stephenson
Author Hilda Neihardt, daughter of Nebraska poet laureate John Neihardt, speaks on her book, “Flaming Rainbow and Black Elk,” as part of the UNO Library Friends Series
University begins 10-day Latin American festival featuring "lectures by world-famous travelers, new sound movies and exhibits of South American culture"
OU Regents approve creation of the College of Education
Tom Laughlin, star of “Billy Jack,” gives lecture in student center on “Individuality"
Maiki Mandela, daughter of then-imprisoned African activist Nelson Mandela, speaks in the Milo Bail Student Center, addressing apartheid in South Africa
Nearly 100 students attend Chemistry Club's industrial tour
Senator Hugh Butler wires President Milo Bail with news that OU had been established as one of three Midwest colleges, 62 throughout the nation, to receive a new Air Force ROTC unit
Ike and Tina Turner perform at Omaha Music Hall in concert sponsored by UNO’s Student Programming Organization
Russian-born pianist, author and opera commentator Boris Goldovsky performs for 800 students in OU auditorium
Omaha City Council declares April 21 UNO Maverick Hockey Day in Omaha, commemorating the team’s appearance in the Frozen Four. Players, coaches, UNO Chancellor John Christensen and Athletic Director Trev Alberts are on hand to accept the honor.
James C. Olson of the Nebraska State Historical Society and official biographer of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton, speaks on "The Contribution of Early Pioneers to the Prairie Land"
Newly formed, nine-student Opera Theater hosts Opera Theater Workshop featuring "Scenes from Great Operas"
The Highwaymen, a folk singing quartet, performs in the fieldhouse
OU President Rowland Haynes presents a special citation to Laura Wells, representative of director David O. Selnick, producer of the Oscar-winning picture, "Rebecca," during a luncheon at the Fontenelle Hotel. The university was cooperating with a campaign to reshow the film throughout the nation.
OU Chemistry department hosts first “telelecture” featuring Nobel Prize winner Dr. Glenn Seaborg, who lectures from his lab in Berkeley, CA
OU girls swimming class hold outing at Carter Lake
OU Military Ball at Peony Park attracts General Curtis Le May, Nebraska Gov. Robert Crosby and others
UNO freshman Mary Jochim named Miss Papillion
OU junior Johnny Ray Gomez debuts as host of KETV's "Channel 7 Dance Stand." Gomez headlines his combo "U-Neeks, which includes OU student Bill Wakefield.
Jackson Browne appears for SPO at Music Hall
Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks before 300 people in the Milo Bail Student Center
The Minnesota Vikings select UNO Tight end Brad Beckman in the seventh round of the NFL draft.
Nebraska Gov. Val Peterson speaks at the Police Officers School graduation on "The Citizen and His Police Force." OU's Adult Education program administered a 12-week course completed by 267 police officers.
Nearly 100 women participate in the first UNO/Diet Pepsi Women's Walk
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn speaks at UNO Academic, Business and Community breakfast
Classes cancelled so that students can attend and perform in parades and exhibits associated with Golden Spike Days commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Driving of the Golden Spike and completion of the first transcontinental railroad
Einer Juel, acting mayor of Council Bluffs, speaks to OU's Gamma Eta Chapter of Delta Sigma Ji, a business fraternity, addressing the city manager form of city government
Pornographic flyers inserted into copies of Gateway placed outside student center
OU is among first six universities in nation to launch educational-credit TV programming with “TV Classroom"; first class, “Six Views of Life,” airs 15 minutes five mornings a week, aimed primarily at housewives
Pi Kappa Alpha members send Homer, a 30-pound, 50-year-old snapping turtle donated by the Gretna Fish Hatchery, to compete in the second annual Turtle Trudge at Detroit University. Homer, the largest entry in the race, competed against turtles from 100 other colleges and universities, including some from Scotland.
Student Center Concert and Lectures Committee hosts the first "Midnight Slapstick," which features a concert on the Orpheum Theatre's giant Wurlitzer organ while a silent slapstick movie played. Professional organist Bill McCoy played the musical interpretation to the silent film. The second annual Midnight Slapstick in 1968 featured former silent film star Leatrice Joy, whose "Eav's Leaves" was shown. The series last played in 1970.
Presidential candidate and former California Gov. Jerry brown speaks outside Student Center
Czechoslovakian diplomat address the International Relations club, discussing the possibilities of European reorganization after the war
SPO hosts the Lettermen at Orpheum Theater