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May 28, 1847: John Hamilton, the 18th governor of Illinois, is born

May 27, 1837: Legendary gun fighter and lawman James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok is born in Homer

May 26, 1869: Stadium architect Zachary Taylor Davis, “the Frank Lloyd Wright of baseball,” is born in Aurora

May 25, 2011: After 25 years on the air, Oprah Winfrey ends her iconic Chicago-based daytime TV talk show

May 24, 1860: Springfield’s Oak Ridge Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Illinois and the second most-visited cemetery in the United States, is dedicated

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