OU Fieldhouse hosts finals and consolation finals of first worldwide Air Force basketball playoffs concluding eight-team tournament that began at Offutt Field, with the two games being broadcast by tape over Armed Forces Radio
UNO and Coach Mike Denney win NCAA Division II wrestling national championship
The former Redick Hall burns to ashes. Omaha University's first home, Redick Hall had been taken apart then used to construct a pavilion on an island in Minnesota.
Harrison PTA hears OU President Rowland Haynes speak on "Home Influence on School Life"
Dr. Carl W. Deutsch lectures on campus about "The New Order in Central Europe" as the second speaker in the Institute of International Understanding sponsored by the Omaha Rotary Club; Deutsch was barred from Czechoslovakia because of his association with anti-Nazi movements
Nebraska Gov. Frank Morrison attends 10th annual AFROTC Military Ball at Peony Park
Stanford University Professor William Shockley and Roy Innis, executive director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), debate race and intelligence
Presidential Candidate George Wallace visits Dr. Richard Marvel’s political science class
UNO graduates Leo Thorsness (1964), James Hughes (1960) and James Kasler released after nearly six years as Vietnam War POWs, including time in the infamous Hanoi Hilton
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Eighth graders from Franklin School present to OU social studies students their findings on the life and works of Longfellow
Nebraska Tuberculosis Society shows students a film on tuberculosis, the No. 1 cause of death among college-age persons, and offers a tuberculosis skin test
Lambda Chi Alpha sponsors Easter Seals Disco-Dance-a-thon at Pogo's, a popular 1970s and 80s disco and nightclub located at 72nd and Pacific
Tal Anderson Field opens at Maverick Park as the first on-campus home for the Baseball team in the university's history
Arkansas Senator J.W. Fulbright begins two-days of speeches on the cold war and reasons for the lack of a foreign policy in the United States, via the Baxter Memorial Lecture Series
OU hosts NAIA national wrestling tournament
Pulitzer Prize recipient and author Louis Bromfield speaks at special convocation on “What the New Agriculture Means To All Of You"
Watergate figure John Dean speaks at Civic Auditorium on behalf of UNO’s Student Programming Organization
Athletic Director Virg Yelkin leaves on two-week tour of university fieldhouses in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa in preparation of building own fieldhouse
Noted author and scholar Dr. Carl Swisher discusses public criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court as the first speaker of the 1960 American Heritage lecture series
Sir Tyrone Guthrie speaks on "Shakespeare and the Theater"; Guthrie, referred to by The Gateway as being "regarded in the theater world as the most outstanding producer in the world today" was a director of the Old Vic Theater in London
John Prine, Grammy nominee for Outstanding New Artist of the Year, and Bonnie Raitt perform in Milo Bail Student Center.
World-renowned classical guitarist Neil Archer Roan performs in Strauss Performing Arts Center
The Omaha Men's Basketball team coached by alumnus Chris Crutchfield wins the Summit League Conference Tournament qualifying for their first NCAA Division 1 March Madness Tournament
Al Gore speaks in fine arts building to promote Clinton administration initiatives
22 Catholic students meet to organize a Newman Club Federation
Iranian statesman Nasarollah Saifpour Fatemi, advisor to the permanent delegation of Iran to the United Nations, speaks at OU Town and Gown dinner
UNO Performing Arts Center (now Willis & Janet Strauss Performing Arts Center) dedicated
Royal Shakespeare Company from Stratford-on-Avon begins week-long workshops on campus
Faculty committee votes to ban smoking in all OU buildings
Seals and Crofts perform for UNO’s Student Programming Organization, at Civic Auditorium
Cornerstones set for Applied Arts and Student Activities Buildings
Nebraska Gov. Frank Morrison is guest speaker for annual Greek Week Banquet in student Center ballroom, addressing "the fraternal system in America today"
Two female streakers run through Arts & Sciences Hall
Horror film star Vincent Price gives talk, "The Villains Still Pursue Me," in Milo Bail Student Center as part of SPO/KVNO Fine Arts Series. More than 900 people attend
The final day of UNO classes before going into remote teaching and learning mode for all classes at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
UNO wins NAIA national wrestling championship
College of Commerce Club holds election for awards including “Best Roller Skater,” “Most ‘It’,” “Worst Flirt” and “Biggest Bluff"
Frank Shelton “Red” Perkins and his Dixie Ramblers a band composed of black musicians, perform at the Kappa Psi Delta sorority formal dance at the Chermot Ballroom
Alum Joann Mengedoht, sings with San Carlo Opera Company during Omaha performance of “Aida"
OU hosts 1,000 members of the Omaha Safety Congress, which includes representatives of Omaha Police and Fire Departments, Safety Council, State Highway Patrol and Omaha Public Power District
George Crenshaw wins first the university’s first individual wrestling championship, capturing the 167-pound title at the NAIA championships
Singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow (“Poetry Man”) performs in sold-out concert in Milo Bail Student Center
Start of four-day “Charm School” sponsored by Women’s Athletic Association
OU sophomore Millicent Wheeler wins $100 music scholarship on KOIL radio’s “Stepping Stones to Stardom” talent show by singing, “Valley of Laughter"
Pulitzer Prize recipient Arthur Schlesinger Jr. delivers a free public lecture in the student center, sponsored by the Student Programming Organization and Graduate Student Association; Schlesinger previously was a special assistant to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; his book, “A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House,” won the National Book Award for history and biography and the Pulitzer Prize for biography, 1971
Armour and Co. General Manager E.S. Waterbury addresses OU students in a talk at chapel
OU students hear speech by Princess Ataloa, Native American princess of the Chicksaw tribe and a teacher at Bacone College in Oklahoma, the only Native American college of higher education in the United States
"Roots" author Alex Haley talks on "In Retrospect and Perspective" in UNO Fieldhouse, sponsored by UNO Black Women; admission is $1; a crowd of about 4,000 shows.
President John F. Kennedy's press secretary, Pierre Salinger, speaks at Tele-Lecture series live from Washington, D.C., to OU and Stevens College (Mo.) students
Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey," speaks in Milo Bail Student Center on "Futurism"
Internationally renown classical guitarist Miguel Rubio performs in Strauss Performing Arts Recital Hall; he also conducts master classes and lecture demonstrations during a five-day stay
Former Denver Broncos Coach John Ralston (1972-76) speaks at UNO for a coaching clinic
Connie Claussen Field at Maverick Park opens as the first on-campus home for the Omaha softball team; former Omaha Athletic Director and alumna Connie Claussen started women's athletics at UNO in 1969
“Hello Day” debuts; all faculty and staff to greet each other with a hearty “hello"
HPER Building dedicated
OU Library designated a depository for all government documents issued through office of the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., making it the only complete government document depository library in the state
Noted American modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham visits Joslyn Memorial Auditorium under university sponsorship; touted as "the foremost figure in the world of dancing and mistress of the solo dance," she appeared with her company, including noted dancer Erick Hawkins; her performance attracted more than 1,000 Omahans
KYNE-TV tower dedicated
A massive tornado rips through Omaha on Easter Sunday, killing nearly 100 people and devastating the city with millions of dollars of damage and more than 2,000 houses destroyed; the tornado passed five blocks from Omaha University but left it untouched
OU freshman Samuel Slotky earns praise for his actions after the tornado, running miles to notify the soldiers at Fort Omaha of the devastation and asking for their help
Pearl Schaefer, student and secretary to OU Extension Director E.M. Hosman, flies to Kansas City to invite Mayor Bryce Smith and the people of Kansas City to the National Flower and Garden show held in Omaha March 30-April 6
Owen Lattimore, political advisor to Chiang Kai-Sheck since 1941 and far east authority, speaks for two days on “America and Japan” at William F. Baxter lecture series
Tuskegee Institute business manager L.H. Foster visits OU, speaks to 10 students in faculty club room about Tuskegee operations
Major General Carl Gray, veteran of two world wars and chief of the Veterans Administration, speaks at third annual Greek Week
Former Nebraska Gov. Robert Crosby among the guest speakers at the second annual Nebraska Tooling Conference held at OU
American operatic soprano Beverly Sills visits campus
Pope John Paul II visits the UNO-led Bethsaida Excavations site; University of Nebraska Regent and UNO graduate Nancy O'Brien and International Studies Dean Tom Gouttierre were among seven people who gave gifts to him then, including a replica of an iron key unearthed at the Bethsaida dig, two volumes of site research and a drawing of an ancient cross that was discovered on a pottery shard
OU students face Northwestern University in debate on Prohibition; OU students took the “dry” position
Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the Federal Reserve bank of New York and treasurer of Macy department store, and author of “pay-as-you" go income tax plan, speaks for two days at William F. Baxter lecture series
Robert Palmer performs in student center for concert sponsored by Student Programming Organization. "Several hundred" attend
UNO Alum Mike Hill, with Daniel Hanley, wins an Academy Award for Best Film Editing on "Apollo 13"
Criss Library pioneers the circulation of Kindles for interlibrary loan of ebooks
Mayor Richard Metcalfe speaks to all students and faculty at rally for Municipal University of Omaha
Aouney W. Dejany of the Washington Arab Office speaks at the university's Foreign Affairs Institute, speaking on Palestine
OU students Bob Cain, Kathryn Loukas and Conrad Bader appear on WOW-TV program “Charades"
Sarah Joslyn donates $30,000
Robert Bagnall, branchy director with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, speaks on lynchings and race
University Club presents Dr. Glibitch of the University of Oslo, Norway, at a public dinner held at The Club; Glibitch was on her way to the biannual convention of the International Federation of University Women at New Orleans, of which she is president.
Students at convocation watch Technicolor movie of Nebraska-Stanford Rose Bowl game, films taken by H.M. Chenoweth, father of freshman student Jeanne Chenoweth
Ten o'clock classes dismissed for University Choir's Easter presentation of Heinrich Schultz's "The Seven Last Words"
Primate researcher Jane Goodall speaks to crowd of 600 in Milo Bail Student Center
“Faculty Five” defeats “Janitor’s Express" 18-16 in exhibition basketball game
Cornerstone laid for Eppley Library — now Eppley Administration Building
OU students face their counterparts from the University of Wyoming in a debate on amending the 18th Amendment to permit the sale of light wines and beer; OU argued in the negative
Phi Eta Sigma first national fraternity installed on OU campus