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Week In KU History
December 3, 1956: Wilt Chamberlain, arguably
the most dominant player in the history of basketball,
makes his spectacular KU debut by scoring 52 points
as the Jayhawks crush Northwestern in Allen Field House.
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December 7, 1905: In KU's Bailey Hall, chemistry
professors Hamilton P. Cady and David F. McFarland,
discover that helium can be extracted from natural gas.
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the full story.
December 10, 1941: The University Daily Kansan
responds to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor with a scathing
editorial titled "An Open Letter To Hirohito.
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the full story.
December 11, 1970: Three KU students are injured
and Summerfield Hall is damaged when a bomb tears through
the University's Computation Center.
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the full story.
 December
12, 1915: KU Chancellor Frank Strong assails President
Woodrow Wilson's plan for increasing military training
at public colleges, contending, "universities,
of all institutions in our national life, must stand
against militarism and a resort to force."
December 15, 1924: The University's first radio
station, KFKU, broadcasts its first program.
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the full story.
Compiled by H.J. Fortunato
Department of History
University of Kansas
This Week In KU History is a project of
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Copyright 2003
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation
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