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Week In KU History
February 4, 1972: A group of about 30 KU women calling
themselves the February Sisters peacefully occupy the East
Asian Studies building at 1332 Louisiana to demand changes
in campus policies concerning women.
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the full story.
February 6, 1899: Present-day Stauffer-Flint Hall
opens as the original Fowler Shops.
February 8, 1912: Sports-minded females at the University
organize the Women's Athletic Association.
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the full story.
February 10, 1933: As the Great Depression reaches
its lowest depths, KU officials send more than 400 letters
to faculty members and Lawrence residents pleading for some
odd jobs that will help students remain in school.
February 15, 1889: The Topeka Capital-Commonwealth
reports a charge by Kansas Representative Daniel W. Poe of
Butler County that KU is trying to "run the legislature
and the state.
February 17, 1962: The Kansas Board of Regents votes
funds to replace the original Fraser Hall, then the University's
oldest building, claiming it had "outlived its usefulness."
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the full story.
February 18, 1930: Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old high
school graduate from Burdett, Kan., who will later earn a
degree in astronomy from KU, discovers the planet Pluto from
the Lowell Observatory in Arizona.
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the full story.
February 20, 1939: More than six years after breaking
Jim Thorpe's decathlon record, James "Jarring Jim"
Bausch-KU football, basketball, and track star extraordinaire-makes
an unexpected visit to his alma mater.
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the full story.
February 21, 1978: Former U.S. President Gerald Ford
heads the list of dignitaries assembled at KU to dedicate
new Green Hall.
February 23, 1895: KU physics and engineering professor
Lucien I. Blake successfully transmits the first long-distance
ship-to-shore message using underwater wireless technology.
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the full story.
February 25, 1910: Marvin Hall and Haworth Hall are
officially dedicated.
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Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
Department of History
University of Kansas
Photos courtesy University Archives
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