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June 7, 1877: George Jacob “G.J.” Mecherle, the founder of Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance, is born

June 6, 1873: At 19, Alta May Hulett of Rockford becomes the first woman in Illinois to be admitted to the bar

June 5, 1911: Illinois becomes the first state to pass mothers’ pension, or “mothers’ aid,” legislation

June 4, 1929: The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is named the official Illinois state bird

June 3, 1891: A bronze statue of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States and a Civil War hero, is dedicated at Grant Park in Galena

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