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June 1, 2014: A state law legalizing gay marriage goes into effect

May 31, 1856: Charles Sumner Frost, the architect who designed Chicago’s famed Navy Pier, is born

May 30, 1930: The John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago opens to visitors

May 29, 1982: Ten people are killed, nearly 200 are injured and 1,000 are left homeless in a southern Illinois tornado

May 28, 1847: John Hamilton, the 18th governor of Illinois, is born

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