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Jan. 6, 1878 - Poet, writer, editor and historian Carl Sandburg is born in Galesburg

Jan. 5, 1910 - Actor Hugh Brannum, best remembered for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the children’s TV show “Captain Kangaroo,” is born in Sandwich

Jan. 4, 1896 - Everett Dirksen, prominent U.S. congressman and senator, is born

Jan. 3, 1877 - John W.E. Thomas, Illinois’ first African-American legislator, takes office

Jan. 2, 1884 - Oscar Micheaux, regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, is born

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