I Like Illinois

April 8, 1832: Soldiers set out from St. Louis up the Mississippi River to confront Black Hawk and his British Band

April 7, 2015: Bob Butler wins election to his 14th term as mayor of Marion

April 6, 1862: Mary Safford, nicknamed the “Cairo angel” for her volunteer work nursing Union soldiers in Cairo, Illinois, during the Civil War, accompanies General Ulysses S. Grant’s army during the Battle of Shiloh to comfort and minister to the wounded

April 5, 1955: Richard J. Daley is first elected mayor of Chicago, beginning a record-setting 21-year reign until his death in 1976

April 4, 1983: Chicago-born actress Gloria Swanson, best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the 1950 film “Sunset Boulevard,” dies

More Articles …

  1. On This Day - April 3, 1866
  2. On This Day - April 2, 1908
  3. On This Day - April 1, 1996
  4. On This Day - April 1, 1922
  5. On This Day - March 31, 1908
facebooktwitteryoutube

Latest

Popular

I LIKE ILLINOIS © Copyright 2025