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On This Day - February 9, 1870

Feb. 9, 1870: President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the Weather Bureau of the United States

On This Day - February 8, 1910

Feb. 8, 1910: William Boyce of Ottawa founds the Boy Scouts of America

On This Day - February 7, 1990

Feb. 7, 1990: Gov. James R. Thompson signs the Riverboat Gambling Act

On This Day - February 6, 1911

Feb. 6, 1911: President Ronald Reagan is born in Tampico in Whiteside County

On This Day - February 5, 1954

Feb. 5, 1954: The Lyric Theatre of Chicago – today the Lyric Opera – opens with an inaugural performance of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.”

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