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Date |
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1 | 1871 | - 8 Oct 1871—10 Oct 1871: Great Chicago Fire
The fire killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of Chicago, Illinois, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
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2 | 1914 | - 1914—1918: WW I
World War One
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3 | 1941 | - 1941—1945: WW II
World War Two
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4 | 1959 | - 3 Feb 1959: The Day the Music Died
Reference to the deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. Pilot Roger Peterson was also killed.
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5 | 1975 | - 1975: Scott meets Carol Calhoun
Illinois Wesleyan campus for summer Astronomy Program (CCIE)
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