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June 19, 1900: A fire ignites in a laundry building just after midnight and sweeps through much of downtown Bloomington

June 18, 1854: Publisher E.W. Scripps is born in Rushville to an affluent family

June 17, 1931: President Herbert Hoover rededicates Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield after a major reconstruction

June 16, 1858: Abraham Lincoln delivers his now-famous “House Divided” speech to the Republican State Convention

June 16, 1996: The Korean War State Memorial is dedicated at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield

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