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Jan. 8, 1968 - Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks, one of the most widely read American poets of the 20th century, is named Illinois’ poet laureate

Jan. 7, 1901 - The village of Cave in Rock is incorporated

Jan. 6, 1878 - Poet, writer, editor and historian Carl Sandburg is born in Galesburg

Jan. 5, 1910 - Actor Hugh Brannum, best remembered for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the children’s TV show “Captain Kangaroo,” is born in Sandwich

Jan. 4, 1896 - Everett Dirksen, prominent U.S. congressman and senator, is born

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