2014 Event Football players at Northwestern University cast votes on whether to form a union; the players were ruled last month to be university employees by the National Labor Relations Board, giving the students the right to organize 1995 Event Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 1982 Event Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Illinois 31-6 1967 Event Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University 1950 Birthday Barry Pearson, born in Geneseo, Illinois, born Barry Lynn Pearson, American professional football player, attended Northwestern University, played position of wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs 1938 Event Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 1923 Birthday Ara Parseghian, football coach, Northwestern, Notre Dame 1879 Event Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1851 Event Northwestern University in Chicago chartered
