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April 16, 1979: Jane Byrne is elected as the first female mayor of Chicago

April 15, 1955: Oak Park-born Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald's restaurant chain location in Des Plaines

April 14, 1846: Members of the Donner Party leave Springfield on their ill-fated wagon trek to California

April 13, 1992: Water from the Chicago River breaches an underground freight tunnel, flooding basements and underground facilities throughout the Chicago Loop

April 12, 1832: Shadrach Bond, Illinois’ first governor, dies of pneumonia at his Kaskaskia farm

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