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May 17, 1955: “Land of Lincoln” becomes the official Illinois state slogan

May 17, 1886: Blacksmith, inventor and businessman John Deere dies in Moline

May 16, 1912: Famed Chicago writer, broadcaster and historian Studs Terkel is born is New York

May 15, 2006: Cloud Gate, more commonly known as “the Bean,” is officially unveiled to the public in Chicago’s Millennium Park

May 14, 1804: Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark leave Camp River Dubois near the present day village of Hartford in Madison County and begin their famous expedition west

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