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Dec. 22, 1884 - St. Elmo Brady, the first African-American student to earn a doctoral degree in chemistry in the United States, is born

Dec. 21, 1976 - Patricia Roberts Harris is appointed U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Dec. 20, 1976 - Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley dies at age 74

Dec. 12, 1960 - Lincoln's Tomb is declared a national historic landmark

Dec. 18, 1896 - Illinois' first interscholastic high school basketball contest takes place

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