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#OnThisDay in 1994, a #PrincetonU student questioned Bill Clinton: "Why so little? Why so late?" More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Apr_14-20

#OnThisDay in 1861, the stars and stripes was seen flying about Nassau Hall's cupola. More from this week in #PrincetonU's past: ⬇️ bit.ly/Apr_14-20

#OnThisDay in 1888, someone stole the @Princeton president's clothes. More: ⬇️bit.ly/Apr_14-20

#OnThisDay in 1940, a new progressive student newspaper made its first appearance at #PrincetonU. More: ⬇️bit.ly/Apr_14-20

#OnThisDay in 1959, #PrincetonU's president defended mandatory chapel services, citing responsibility to nurture "a maturing spiritual awareness" in students. More from this week in Princeton's past: ⬇️ bit.ly/Apr7-13

#OnThisDay in 1929, @pawprinceton reported on rumors about a faculty member who liked to greet the spring in the nude. More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Apr7-13

#OnThisDay in 1865, a @Princetonalum was in Washington to see "Grand Illuminations" celebrating the end of the Civil War. More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Apr7-13

#OnThisDay in 1880, a student confessed to making his way through college by being a “shenannygagger.” More: ⬇️bit.ly/Apr7-13

#OnThisDay in 1983, a #PrincetonU student discovered that the institution's sole laser printer had a backlog that meant her thesis did not print overnight, and there was no guarantee that she'd get it the next day. More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar31-Apr6

#OnThisDay in 1917, members of the @PUTigerBaseball team awaited a declaration of war to determine whether they would play with @UVABaseball the following day. More from this week in #PrincetonU's past: bit.ly/Mar31-Apr6

#OnThisDay in 1893, readers were anticipating @Princeton Sketches, a book with 40 illustrations by a member of the Class of 1891. More from this week in #PrincetonU's past: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar31-Apr6

@CarterLibrary Jimmy Carter surprised #PrincetonU students with an early morning walk around campus in 1981. #NationalWalkingDay princetonarchives.tumblr.com/post/113960709…

Today is #NationalWalkingDay, but the Carters celebrated it almost every day before, during, and after the Presidential period, like here when they took a walking tour in New Delhi, India on 1/3/1978! Image: catalog.archives.gov/id/177420

#OnThisDay in 1965, @parents ran a story featuring @princetonalumni Henry Bozimo '63, a Nigerian who had the emotional support of a white family in Basking Ridge while he was a student at #PrincetonU. More from this week in Princeton's past: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar31-Apr6

#OnThisDay in 1972, a group of female students at #PrincetonU responded to a petition circulating campus calling for an end to coeducation. More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar24-30

#OnThisDay in 1919, #FDR spoke at Philadelphia's @princetonalumni dinner to celebrate the end of World War I. #WarAtPrinceton More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar24-30⬇️

#OnThisDay in 1929, the @princetonian reported on how a new technology was threatening silent movies. More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar24-30

#OnThisDay in 1870, James McCosh told @princetonalumni, "@Princeton is something like 'the old woman who lived in a shoe...'" More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar24-30

#OnThisDay in 1883, @princetonian warned of the dangers of hashish with a cautionary tale of a student whose addiction led to his downfall. More: ⬇️ bit.ly/Mar17-23

#OnThisDay in 1845, a newspaper noted that the local post office had been converted into a "fancy store." bit.ly/Mar17-23