Illinois Throughout The Years
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Jane Addams wins the Nobel Peace Prize |
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Fire
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| Chicago Bulls win the first of three consecutive National Basketball Association championships. |
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Bonnie Blair (b. 1964) speed skater from |
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Herrin Massacre |
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Chicago Bears win the professional football championship; repeat in 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963, and 1986. |
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Clarence Page (b. 1947) of the Chicago Tribune is the first African-American columnist to win a Pulitzer Prize. |
| Commuter train strikes a school bus in Fox River Grove, killing seven and injuring thirty students. |
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