Berkeley lecturer Nancy Lemon helps draft the law that makes raping one's
spouse a felony in California, a crime legally equivalent to non-marital
rape.
Inspired by the Civil Rights movement, Cal students begin protesting rules
limiting their political activities on campus, holding demonstrations for
the right to use Sproul Plaza as the site of political discussions and
actions. More than 800 students are arrested as the protest climaxes in a
sit-in in December 1964. Following the arrests, university faculty vote to
drop the restrictions. (Photo courtesy UC Berkeley) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A19024-2004Oct8?language=printer
Ernest O. Lawrence, left, revolutionizes particle physics with the first cyclotron
particle accelerator, a "proton merry-go-round" that whirls particles
around at high speeds in order to blast open atomic nuclei. In 1939,
Lawrence becomes UC Berkeley's first Nobel laureate. (Photo: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1939/lawrence-bio.html
In the 1930s, student organizations hold "peace strikes" to protest fascism
and promote interracial relationships. In the McCarthy era, student
protesters target a campus administrative ban on socialist or communist
speakers, the use of capital punishment by the state, and a loyalty oath
requiring UC employees to declare they are not Communists. (Photo: UC Berkeley)
Ten faculty members and about 40 students make up the flagship UC campus
when it opens in Oakland. In 1873, the university — with nearly 200
students — relocates to Berkeley in 1873. (Photo: Steve McConnell / UC Berkeley)