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On This Day - March 16, 1880

March 16, 1880: Inventor, engineer and aviation pioneer William Bushnell Stout is born in Quincy

On This Day - March 15, 1937

March 15, 1937: A Hungarian-American doctor at Cook County Hospital develops a fundamental medical storage system we take for granted today: the blood bank

On This Day - March 14, 1950

March 14, 1950: Lewis Fablinger, Illinois’ last surviving Civil War veteran, dies at age 103 in Chicago

On This Day - March 13, 1908

March 13, 1908: Myrtle Bachelder, a Chicago chemist whose contributions to science include her work on the Manhattan Project, is born

On This Day - March 12, 1967

March 11, 1967: The Chicago Blackhawks capture their first regular season National Hockey League title

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