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This Week In KU History

March 8, 1965:
The KU Civil Rights Council holds a student sit-in in the office of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, the country's second largest such demonstration to date.
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March 18, 1968:
Senator Robert F. Kennedy launches his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination with twin speeches at K-State and KU.
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March 20, 1935:
The worst "Dust Bowl" dust storm hits Lawrence, shrouding the town and the KU campus in darkness by 2 p.m.
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March 20, 1981:
In the first meeting between the two schools in a quarter-century, Wichita State hits a last-second shot to upend KU in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
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March 21, 1997:
In one of the most painful losses KU basketball fans have endured, Arizona upsets the No. 1 ranked Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16.
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March 26, 1952:
The University of Kansas men's basketball team wins its first NCAA national title.
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March 29, 1878:
Chancellor James Marvin leads the first concerted "campus beautification" campaign at KU, a joint student-faculty effort on Arbor Day that culminates in the planting of more than 300 trees on Mount Oread and sets the stage for the development of present-day Marvin Grove.
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Compiled by Henry Fortunato
University of Kansas

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