Illinois timeline
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Freeport Doctrine Is Focal Point in Douglas' Argument at the Second Lincoln-Douglas Debate
At Freeport Lincoln challenged Douglas to reconcile popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision. Douglas replied that settlers could... Read more
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Third Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Slave State Borders
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I appear before you today in pursuance of a previous notice, and have made arrangements with Mr.... Read more
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Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Coles County Fairgrounds
Fourth Joint Debate at Charleston Mr. Lincoln’s Speech (September 18, 1858) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It will be very difficult for an... Read more
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Douglas Seeks to Prove that Lincoln was an Abolitionist at the Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate
At Galesburg Douglas sought again to prove that Lincoln was an abolitionist with the following quotes from Lincoln: “I should like to know, if... Read more
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The Slave Debate Comes to a Head at the Seventh and Final Lincoln-Douglas Debate
SENATOR DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. Long and loud bursts of applause greeted Senator Douglas when he appeared on the stand. As he was about to commence... Read more
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Great Chatsworth Train Wreck
The scene that followed it is impossible to describe. The hapless passengers of the forward cars were, almost inextricably mingled in the shattered... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Is Born
Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, Illinois, started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen. After... Read more
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Cherry Mine Disaster
Cherry is in Bureau county, 100 miles north and slightly west of Decatur, and about 10 miles north of Spring Valley, the home of John Mitchell. It... Read more
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Ronald Reagan is Born
Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment above the local bank building in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911, to John Edward "Jack" Reagan and... Read more
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Mattoon Tornado of 1917
The funnel of the tornado on May 26, 1917 first appeared at noon just west of a small town southeast of Quincy (Wilson and Changnon, 1971). It... Read more
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The Reagan Family Returns to Tampico, IL
The H.C. Pitney Variety Store Building is a commercial building in downtown Tampico, Illinois, United States. The building was constructed in 1900... Read more
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The Reagan Family Moves to Dixon, IL
The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home is the house located at 816 South Hennepin Street, Dixon, Illinois, in which the late former President of the United... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Marries Hadley Richardson
She was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and married Ernest Hemingway on September 3, 1921. Together they moved to Paris, France, and in the fall of... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Enters Dixon's Northside High School
From 1945 until he entered the political arena in 1965 Ronald Reagan continued his movie career. He had actually had some political experience... Read more
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Tri-State Tornado
In 1927, it was reported that the storm crossed Illinois at the rate of 45 mph and that the width of the destructive path varied from a 1/4 to 1/2... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Takes Job as Lifeguard
During a recent interview on "60 Minutes" about his Ronald Reagan biography, "Dutch", author Edmond Morris commented that Reagan loved being a... Read more
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"Dixon Daily Telegraph" Front Page Headline Reads: "Ronald Reagan Saves Drowning Man."
"Dixon Daily Telegraph" front page headline reads: "Ronald Reagan saves drowning man." By the time he leaves his job, after seven summers, the... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Becomes Leader in Strike at Eureka College
Ronald Reagan spoke publicly and became a leader in a student strike movement on the Eureka College campus. After successfully staging a five-day... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway's Father Clarence Commits Suicide
Suffering from severe diabetes and concerned about his financial future, Clarence Hemingway shot himself on December 6, 1928 with his father's... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Wins Award for Performance in "Aria da Capo"
His mother taught him to read before entering elementary school. He was a good student in high school and a star athlete, playing on the football,... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Graduates from Eureka College
"Dutch," as the boy was called, was president of Dixon High School's student council. He worked his way through small Eureka College in Eureka,... Read more
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Ohio River Flood of 1937
For 19 days -- from Jan. 18 until Feb. 5 -- the swirling, muddy waters of the Ohio leapt riverbanks and blanketed one-sixth of a city paralyzed by... Read more
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Naperville Train Disaster
The Naperville train disaster occurred on April 26, 1946 at the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad station in Naperville, Illinois when the... Read more
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860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments Built
860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on N. Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Streeterville... Read more
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St. Anthony's Hospital Fire
The death toll in the St. Anthony's hospital fire, which investigators believed may have been fed by fresh paint and varnish, was set at 66 today... Read more
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