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March 2, 1868: Illinois Industrial University – today the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – opens for classes

March 1, 1914: Holy cow! Nationally known sportscaster and Chicago icon Harry Caray is born in St. Louis

Feb. 28, 1837: Lawmakers vote to make Springfield Illinois’ permanent capital city

Feb. 27, 1869: Illinois-born John Willis Menard becomes the first African-American man to address Congress

Feb. 26, 1788: John Reynolds, the fourth governor of Illinois, is born in Pennsylvania

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