This Week in Illinois History

This Week in Illinois History: Birth of Wyatt Earp, the Peoria Bummer (March 19, 1848)

This Week in Illinois History: Chicago Mayor killed by assassin (March 6, 1933)

This Week in Illinois History: Carl Sandburg named state Poet Laureate (February 28, 1962)

This Week in Illinois History: Birth of Alton’s Gentle Giant (February 22, 1918)

This Week in Illinois History: Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto (February 18, 1930)

This Week in Illinois History: Illinois’ First Duel (February 8, 1819)

This Week in Illinois History: Fighting Winter Floods with Dynamite (late January to early February, 1938)

This Week in Illinois History: Bears shuffle over Patriots at Super Bowl XX (January 26, 1986)

This Week in Illinois History: Betty White born in Oak Park (January 17, 1922)

This Week in Illinois History: Fudge Fever of ’85 (January 13, 1985)

This Week in Illinois History: The DeKalb County Soil Improvement Association (January 5, 1912)

This Week in Illinois History: Josephine Cochrane patents the dishwasher (December 28, 1886)

This Week in Illinois History: Raggedy Ann creator Johnny Gruelle born (December 24, 1880)

This Week in Illinois History: Moving Shawneetown (December 14, 1937)

This Week in Illinois History: Popeye creator E. C. Segar born (December 8, 1894)

This Week in Illinois History: World’s first man-made nuclear reaction (December 2, 1942)

This Week in Illinois History: Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire (November 24, 1874)

This Week in Illinois History: Bessie Coleman departs for Paris (November 20, 1920)

This Week in Illinois History: First train in Illinois (November 8, 1838)

This Week In Illinois History: The great horse epidemic (early November, 1872)

This Week in Illinois History: H. V. Porter, father of March Madness (October 27, 1975)

This Week In Illinois History: The End Of Al Capone (October 17, 1931)

This Week In Illinois History: Red Stripe Beer – An Illinois Original? (October 11, 1886)

This Week In Illinois History: Dr. Pearl Kendrick (October 8, 1980)

This Week In Illinois History: Victory Speed! (October 1, 1942)

This Week In Illinois History: Army Abandons Massive Hospital Complex (September 20, 1946)

This Week In Illinois History: Remote Learning By Radio (September 13, 1937)

This Week In Illinois History: The Battle Of Nauvoo (September 10, 1846)

This Week In Illinois History: The Tully Monster (August 31, 1989)

This Week In Illinois “History”: The Lincoln-Douglas Debate That Never Was (August 28, 1858)

This Week In Illinois History: Soul Train Premieres (August 17, 1970)

This Week In Illinois History: Chicago’s Nazi Spy (August 9, 1942)

This Week In Illinois History: Elisha Gray, Inventor Of The Telephone? (August 2, 1835)

This Week In Illinois History: Barack Obama Steps Onto The National Stage (July 27, 2004)

This Week In Illinois History: The Complicated Legacy Of Ninian Edwards (July 20, 1833)

This Week In Illinois History: Stars Fell On Illinois (July 13, 1927)

This Week In Illinois History: The Liberty Bell Of The West (July 4, 1778)

This Week In Illinois History: The East St. Louis Massacre (July 2 - 3, 1917)

This Week In Illinois History: World’s First Dairy Queen (June 22, 1940)

This Week In Illinois History: Svengoolie! (June 16, 1979)

This Week In Illinois History: Krafting Cheese (June 6, 1916)

This Week In Illinois History: All-American Girls Professional Baseball (May 30, 1943)

This Week In Illinois History: Big Eli, The First Portable Ferris Wheel (May 23, 1900)

This Week In Illinois History: The Sucker State (May 17, 1955)

This Week In Illinois History: Eight-Hour Workdays… For Children (May 15, 1903)

This Week In Illinois History: The Haymarket Riot (May 4, 1886)

This Week In Illinois History: Illinois Congressman Battles Jim Crow (April 28, 1941)

This Week In Illinois History: First Railroad Crosses Mississippi River (April 22, 1856)

This Week In Illinois History: Doomed Donner Party Departs Springfield (April 15, 1846)

This Week In Illinois History: Birth Of The Twinkie (April 6, 1930)