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May 25, 2011: After 25 years on the air, Oprah Winfrey ends her iconic Chicago-based daytime TV talk show

May 24, 1860: Springfield’s Oak Ridge Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Illinois and the second most-visited cemetery in the United States, is dedicated

May 23, 1900: The first portable Ferris wheel, the “Big Eli” Wheel created by W.E. Sullivan, debuts in Central Park in Jacksonville

May 22, 1849: Abraham Lincoln is issued patent No. 6,469 for an invention to lift boats over shoals and obstructions in rivers

May 21, 1968: Lt. Gov. Sam Shapiro is sworn in as governor to complete the second term of Otto Kerner Jr.

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