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This Week In KU History

June 5, 1911:
A Commencement regatta and other aquatic athletic events mark the completion of Potter Lake.
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June 9, 1924:
KU unveils a full-length bronze statue of Law School Dean James W. "Uncle Jimmy" Green sculpted by Daniel Chester French.
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June 11, 1873:
Twenty-three-year-old Flora Richardson delivers KU's first valedictory address on her way to becoming the University's first female graduate.
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June 15, 1991:
Lightning strikes Hoch Auditorium, causing a fire that reduces the 64-year-old campus landmark to ruins in less than four hours.
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June 23, 1961:
A 10-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the KU campus, supervised by chemical engineering professor Russell Mesler, becomes operational.

June 26, 1940:
KU begins renovations that will transform the former official chancellor's residence at 1345 Louisiana St. into a men's scholarship dormitory known as Carruth Hall.
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July 7, 1894:
KU's Lewis Lindsay Dyche leaves New York as official naturalist on the ill-starred Cook expedition to the North Pole.
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July 8, 1932:
KU football and wrestling star Pete Mehringer qualifies for the 1932 Olympics.
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Compiled by Mike Reid
University of Kansas

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