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May 12, 1880: Adventurer and polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth is born in Chicago

May 11, 1985: Chester Gould, who drew the Dick Tracy comic strip for 46 years, dies at age 84 in Woodstock

May 10, 1957: Annie Turnbo Malone, a pioneer in the African-American beauty and cosmetics business, dies in Chicago

May 9, 1931: Albert Abraham Michelson dies at age 78

May 8, 1985: The lodge and cabins at Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County are added to the National Register of Historic Places

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