Oct. 12, 1983:
More than 2,000 students and local residents pack KU’s Woodruff Auditorium for a special screening of The Day After, ABC’s controversial TV-movie filmed in Lawrence that depicts the effects of a nuclear holocaust on a typical American town.
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Oct. 13, 1973:
Memorial Stadium sets its all-time attendance record when 51,574 football fans watch KU roll defeat K-State, 25-18.

Oct. 15, 1975:
Student-run radio station KJHK-FM goes on the air, bringing jazz, progressive and "alternative" rock to Mount Oread, along with a fair share of controversy.
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Oct. 15, 1968:
The late Al Oerter, '58, made history at the Mexico City Olympic Games when he became the first athlete to win four consecutive gold medals in a single event.
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Oct. 22, 2001:
Bailey Hall, one of the University’s oldest buildings, is entered on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Oct. 27, 1962:
Sophomore tailback Gale Sayers sets a new KU and Big Eight Conference record by rushing for 283 yards against a porous Oklahoma State defense.
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Oct. 31, 1891:
The flagship universities of Kansas and Missouri initiate what will become the second most-played rivalry in NCAA Division IA football.
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