Alum Merlyn H. Dethlefsen (1965) presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Lyndon Johnson in White House ceremony, 1968. Dethlefsen honored for flying repeated attacks on key North Vietnamese anti-aircraft site in a damaged jet fighter; Dethlefsen is among four UNO graduates to have received the Medal of Honor, along with Jack L. Treadwell (1963) Leo K. Thorsness (1964) and Roger Donlon (1967)
Mike Wallace and “60 Minutes” interviews UNO freshman Michael Winchester, then a 19-year-old member of the Council Bluffs School Board who was trying to save some of the district's schools
“My Doom e-mail virus” hits campus, though ITS-installed anti-virus software limits damage
“Hillbilly” band performs for students at Hillbilly Shindig in auditorium
NU Regents approve School of Fine Arts
Omaha University’s School of Adult Education beings to offer a course on Church Ushering
Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center opens with the inaugural exhibition "In the Beginning: The Artist Samuel Bak"; the painter is a Holocaust survivor and museum brings together the community around the subjects of art, Holocaust education, human rights and genocide
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
Eppley Library (now Administration Building) dedicated
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
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
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
World War II veterans form new organization, Eagles and Anchors
The Association performs at the Civic Auditorium’s Music Hall after canceling a homecoming show the previous fall
1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Norman E. Borlaug speaks on "Problems of Population — Food, Production, Ecology"
Inaugural meeting of the Association for Systems Management, a club for students interested in computers and systems analysis
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
“Happiest Millionaire” debuts with OU student Peter Fonda in role of John Lawless
OU Freshman James Kaspar conducts one-man piano recital in Joslyn Museum’s recital hall
KMTV presents new TV set – a 17-inch Philco, during the station’s “Penny Auction” program
Universal Picture’s Author Ungar conducts interviews with OU students interested in a movie career
William Elmer Sealock, dean of teachers’ college at the University of Nebraska, elected president of new Municipal University of Omaha by regents
Night students help Omaha fireman put out a fire in the janitor’s room of Joslyn Hall
James Doohan — “Scotty” on “Star Trek” — speaks at the Milo Bail Student Center
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
LIFE magazine publishes photos of men’s dancing class
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"
Maxine Steincamp named “Depression Queen,” at Women’s Athletic Association Dance
Pictured: Women's Athletic Association, 1938
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
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
School of Adult Education beings four-day institute of church music
OU students Craig Reisser, Wesley Webster, Marcia Cohen and Gary Johnson lose to Texas 375-125 at “General Electric College Bowl”
Unexpected death of Football Coach Al Caniglia
Pictured: Omaha University assistant coach Don Benning, head coach Al Caniglia and assistant coach Lou Miloni circa 1960
Alpha Theta chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, begins a weeklong campus fingerprint drive to aid FBI in englaring the civil identification files; more than 400 students are fingerprinted
Omaha University Board of Regents vote to add a third semester to the school year
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
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
Richie Havens and Dave Loggins perform in Peony Park Ballroom under sponsorship of Student Programming Organization
UNO hosts Centennial Gala in celebration of the university’s 100-year anniversary Oct. 8, 1908; six UNO graduates featured in program showing talking of how the university made them “Central to the City,” the gala’s theme
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
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)
Noted author Stephen Ambrose speaks at the Thompson Center in a lecture on Meriwether Lewis
Former Omaha Hockey player Jake Guentzel and Team USA earned a 2-1 overtime win over longtime nemesis Canada in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. The victory came 46 years to the day when the United States upset the Soviet Union en route to winning the 1980 gold medal.
Milo Bail announced by Regents as new OU president, to replace Rowland Haynes upon his July 1 retirement
First basketball game played in Fieldhouse vs. Creighton
Anthropologist Margaret Mead speaks in Student Center ballroom
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
Monsieur Jacques Donvez speaks to OU French students s representative of French Embassy
OU basketball defeats Creighton University for first time, 95-86
Roberta Flack performs for UNO’s Student Programming Organization, in Joslyn Concert Hall
OU students entertained on 10th floor of Brandeis Building for KFAB show “Campus Cavalcade” radio program
Pulitzer Prize winner James Reston, correspondent for New York Times’ Washington Bureau, speaks at 10th annual Baxter Lecture Series on “The Price of Freedom"
Alpha Lambda Delta, first national scholastic organization, installed at OU
Alumnus and former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel is appointed the 24th Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama; he is the first enlisted combat soldier to be appointed Secretary of Defense
University glee clubs perform “In Jungle Land,” “Goodnite, Goodnite, Beloved” and other selections in a WOAW (later WOW) broadcast
UNO sophomore Lori Lynn Novicki is named Miss Nebraska USA
OU Ski Club begins annual excursion, in Winter Park, Colo.
Senior Lynda Korolka wins the 14-contestant UNO Top Coed Contest, sponsored by Home Economics Club and Glamour Magazine.