On This Day 1895: Hamline University in St Paul hosts the world's first intercollegiate basketball game in the basement of the Hall of Science. The University of Minnesota School of Agriculture defeats them 9 to 3.
Memorial Stadium, the new 56,000-seat home of the University of Minnesota Gophers, opens.
It is dedicated to the 3,527 University of Minnesota students and alumni who fought in the Great War.