April 22, 1926

Illibuck dies
The Illibuck, a wooden turtle trophy given to the winner of the football game between the Urbana campus and Ohio State, was originally a live turtle. After his death in 1926, a wooden replica was made and passed between the teams upon each win until 1950, when he was stolen. Learn more about the Illibuck...  Learn about the theft and return of the Illibuck...

April 15, 1978

Observatory dedicated
Located on the roof of the Brookens Library, the UIS observatory has been a critical part of the astronomy and physics program for two decades. Learn more about astronomy...  Learn about UIS history...

April 22, 1993

NCSA Mosaic released
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Unix-platform version of the Mosiac web browser was released by Marc Andreessen and NCSA staff member Eric Bina.
Mosaic was the first web browser to be widely used by the public and the first to allow images to be imbedded along with text. Learn more...  Learn about NCSA Mosaic...