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May 3, 1973: Sears Tower in Chicago, standing 1,454 feet tall, is topped off, making it the world’s tallest skyscraper

May 2, 1953: The first Baha’i temple in the Western Hemisphere is dedicated in Wilmette

May 1, 1893: The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago

April 30, 1961: Twelve-time NBA All-Star Isiah Thomas is born in Chicago

April 29, 1866: Carbondale’s Woodlawn Cemetery is the site of the first organized Memorial Day service in Illinois and the first in the nation, honoring those who died in the Civil War

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