
History at Mizzou On this day in 2003 the U. S. Senate gave final congressional approval to historic Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.

Jay McCallie I'm enjoying John Milton Cooper's new biography of Woodrow Wilson.

History at Mizzou On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

History at Mizzou November 16, 1907 Oklahoma enters the Union to become the 46th state.Oklahoma, with a name derived from the Choctaw Indian words okla, meaning "people," and humma, meaning "red," has a history of human occupation dating back 15,000 years.

History at Mizzou Did you know that on this date in 2008 Iraq's Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States calling for American forces to remain in the country until 2012.

History at Mizzou On this day in 1921.....President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Happy Veteran's Day!!

History at Mizzou On this date in 1965..... the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.

On Monday, November 9 at 7:00pm, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 300th Anniversary Professor at Harvard University who is probably best known for her books, Professor Ulrich is probably best- known for her books "Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History" and "A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard b...

History at Mizzou On this day in 1787......The first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.

History at Mizzou How about a little campus nostalgia for homecoming (October 23-24). Think you know everything there is to know about Mizzou -- think again.
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Witness as the Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery bring a culturally rich experience to the Mizzou Campus on October 26-29. All of the week's events are FREE for MU students...
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