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November 7, 1925: Northwestern defeats heavily favored, undefeated Michigan by a score of 3-2 at Soldier Field. Northwestern's 3 points were the only points scored against Michigan that season.
November 6, 1943: Northwestern's Otto Graham runs for 4 touchdowns, passes for 1, and kicks 3 extra points in a 41-0 win over Wisconsin. Graham's 27 points scored still stands today as the school record for most points scored in a game.
November 5, 1902: A smallpox scare erupts on campus; all students are required to get vaccinated.
November 4, 1955: An episode of the Ed Sullivan Show is recorded in Northwestern's McGaw Memorial Hall.
November 3, 1969: Wesley M. Dixon, President of the Board of Trustees at Northwestern from 1959 to 1964, dies at the age of 73.
November 2, 1940: Northwestern's second Patten Gymnasium is dedicated during homecoming. Athletic director Tug Wilson is a speaker at the ceremony.
November 1, 1973: The Grateful Dead perform at McGaw Memorial Hall.
October 31, 1924: Five cars are destroyed after a homecoming bonfire burns out of control near the fraternity quads.
October 30, 1956: Members of the Psi Upsilon fraternity withdraw Chinese-American student Sherman Wu on the basis of his race.
October 29, 1945: Edwin H. Armstrong, professor of electrical engineering at Columbia University and inventor of the FM radio, delivers a speech on the uses of radio in war and peace at the Technological Institute auditorium.
