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Jan. 23, 1818: Legislation to establish the state of Illinois is introduced in Congress

Jan. 22, 1973: The U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 that the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution protects a woman’s decision to have an abortion

Jan. 21, 2017: An estimated 250,000 demonstrators pack the streets of Chicago to rally in support of women’s rights, civil rights, immigration and racial justice

Jan. 20, 2009: Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States.

Jan. 19, 1841: Prairie Farmer, the oldest farm paper in Illinois and an influential force behind the commercialization of agriculture, is published for the first time from its Chicago headquarters

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