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Read more about the University's founding here.The law required the city of Lawrence to give the state $15,000 or the university would be built in Emporia.
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In retaliation for the collapse of a jail holding confedarate sympathizers, William Quantrill leads a band of confederate querillas in a violent raid on the city of Lawrence, killing over 150 mena and boys and burning much of the town.
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The first class graduated in 1873.
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Spawned by the temperance movement, the law was narrowly passed by the states voters 92,302 to 84,304.
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Read Naismith's original basketball rules here.
Naismith was hired as an Associate Professor of Physical Training, Chapel Director and basketball coach and paid $1300 that year. (The exact date in 1898 on which he joined the faculty is not known.) -
Up until this point helium was thought to be extremely rare, but the discovery of helium in natural gas allowed the United States to become the world's leading supplyer of the gas.
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In the first tournament with a final four style format, the men's basketball team won 80-63 over St. John's University.
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The Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities are 'inherently unequal' and explicity bans the segregation of governent run schools by race.
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The famous aviator was the first woman to be awarded the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross awarded for being the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She infamously disappeared on an attempt to fly around the world alone in 1937.
