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March 28, 1845: Gustav Goelitz, a German-American businessman whose Belleville confectionary became Jelly Belly Candy Co., is born

March 28, 1892: Myra Bradwell is granted a license to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, 23 years after passing the Illinois Bar exam with honors

March 27, 1924: Margaret Butler, a pioneering scientist and mathematician at Argonne National Laboratory near Lemont, is born

March 26, 1943: Investigative journalist Bob Woodward is born in Geneva in Kane County

March 25, 1974: An explosion inside Centralia Coal Co.’s No. 5 mine results in the death of 111 miners

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