This Week In KU History

Photo: University Archives

May 9, 1969: Student anti-war protesters disrupt and ultimately force cancellation of the Chancellor's Review of KU's ROTC Department.

May 10, 1921: After 30 seasons of service, McCook Field is torn down with student help in preparation for construction of a new football stadium.

Photo: University Archives

May 12, 1896: KU Professor Lucien Blake, an early experimenter with X-rays, photographs a man's foot with an X-ray camera and discovers a bullet that physicians had been unable to find for three months.

Photo: Kansas State Historical Society

May 13, 1923: William Allen White becomes the first former KU student to win a Pulitzer Prize, which is awarded to him for his Emporia Gazette editorial "To An Anxious Friend" that defends free speech.

May 15, 1912: Installation of KU chapter of Alpha Delta Pi.

May 17, 1907: Robinson Gymnasium hosts its first formal event, the Junior Prom.

May 18, 1912: Founding of KU chapter of Kappa Sigma, fraternity house of future Kansas Senator and GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole.

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