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Dec. 24, 1907 - St. Vincent's College in Chicago is chartered as DePaul University

Dec. 23, 1824 - Clay County in upper southern Illinois is established

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

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