1. In 1868, the first land-grant university in Kansas, Kansas State University, was established under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.

2. On December 3, 1927, the first synchronized traffic signal in the world was installed and activated in Wichita, Kansas. The innovation was the brainchild of police officer Lester Wire, who used red and green lights to control traffic flow at the intersection of Douglas and Broadway streets.

3. In 1963, the Kansas City Chiefs played their first game at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The team, then known as the Dallas Texans, moved to Kansas City and changed their name the following year.

4. In 2014, the University of Kansas men's basketball team set a new NCAA record for consecutive home court victories with their 63rd straight win at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

5. On December 3, 1889, Kansas became the first state in the U.S. to adopt a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote in state and local elections. This was more than three decades before the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote nationwide.