Nov. 7, 1969:
In what will be the final crowning of a Homecoming Queen, KU awards the tiara to Janet Merrick, a senior from Johnson County.
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Nov. 8, 1909:
Carnegie Foundation researcher Abraham Flexner visits the KU School of Medicine, compiling data and making observations for his influential exposé titled Medical Education in the United States and Canada.
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Nov. 11, 1922:
The University celebrates Armistice Day by dedicating Memorial Stadium, built to honor the 130 KU students and alumni who gave their lives in World War I.
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Nov. 11, 1983:
The Max Kade Foundation donates 94 Old Master Prints, including Albrecht Durer’s 1513 engraving, “Knight, Death, and the Devil,” to KU’s Spencer Museum of Art.

Nov. 15, 1946:
Male students begin moving into makeshift quarters underneath the east-wing stands of Memorial Stadium, an emergency post-World War II housing arrangement known as McCook Hall.
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Nov. 18, 1968:
“Pepper” Rodgers, KU’s head football coach, announces via telephone to a crowd of 1,000 students gathered in front of Strong Hall that the Jayhawks are bound for their second Orange Bowl appearance.
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