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On This Day - June 12, 1972

June 12, 1972: Influential Chicago community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky dies

On This Day - June 11, 1913

June 11, 1913: The Illinois House votes to grant women the right to vote in presidential elections

On This Day - June 10, 1911

June 10, 1911: Illinois becomes one of the first states in the nation to pass a workers’ compensation law

On This Day - June 9, 1972

June 9, 1972: The Illinois House proclaims Metropolis in far southern Illinois the hometown of Superman

On This Day - June 8, 1867

June 8, 1867: Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright is born

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