In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Ulysses S Grant visits the campus, women take classes for the first time, and more.
June 27, 1871—Sitting U.S. President Ulysses S Grant visits the College of New Jersey (Princeton) for the first time.
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June 29, 1942—For the first time ever, a class at Princeton University has female students present.
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July 1, 2001—The Department of Romance Languages splits into two, the Department of French and Italian and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
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July 3, 1836—The “Princeton Blues” return the “big cannon” to Princeton from New Brunswick, an event that will become the origins of the Princeton-Rutgers “cannon wars.”
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