The University of Michigan is a public coeducational university in Michigan, United States. The flagship and oldest campus of the University of Michigan is consistently ranked as one of the top academic institutions in the world, and is considered a "Public Ivy." Spread over three major campuses in Ann Arbor, the university's professional graduate schools in the fields of information science, law, medicine, business, engineering, public policy, and education are consistently ranked by US News & World Report in the top 10 in the country. U-M has one of the largest research expenditures of any university in the United States. It is a major contributor to advances in medicine, computer science, and engineering. The university has one of the largest numbers of living alumni of any American university. It is also known for athletic prowess—notably in football and hockey—and has a history of student activism.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

532: Fans of chariot racing broke into a prison and set fire to parts of Constantinople, starting the Nika riots. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots)

1787: William Herschel discovered Titania and Oberon, two moons of the planet Uranus. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania_%28moon%29)

1879: The Anglo-Zulu War broke out. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War)

1922: Insulin was first administered to a human patient with diabetes in Toronto, Canada. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin)

1964: In a landmark report, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry issued the warning that "smoking may be hazardous for one's health". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Leonidas_Terry)

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"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." -- Alexander Hamilton (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton)