CITY

Official Website:
http://www.springfield.il.us/

Population:
111454 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1819

County:
Sangamon County

Capital of Illinois.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Illinois at Springfield	1969

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
June Christy	Singer	20-Nov-1925	21-Jun-1990	Something Cool
John Porter East	Politician	5-May-1931	29-Jun-1986	US Senator, committed suicide
Marsha Johnson Evans	Military	c. 1947		CEO of American Red Cross, 2002-05
Bonnie G. Hill	Business	30-Oct-1941		VP of Times Mirror Co., 1997-2001
Robert Todd Lincoln	Politician	1-Aug-1843	26-Jul-1926	US Secretary of War, 1881-85
Vachel Lindsay	Poet	10-Nov-1879	5-Dec-1931	The Congo and Other Poems
William H. Luers	Diplomat	15-May-1929		US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86
Seth Barnes Nicholson	Astronomer	12-Nov-1891	2-Jul-1963	Four satellites of Jupiter
C. W. Post	Business	26-Oct-1854	9-May-1914	Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts
Robin Roberts	Baseball	30-Sep-1926		Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer
Brendon Small	Comic	15-Feb-1975		Home Movies, Metalocalypse

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Todd Lincoln	First Lady	13-Dec-1818	16-Jul-1882	Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
Vachel Lindsay	Poet	10-Nov-1879	5-Dec-1931	The Congo and Other Poems
Edward R. Madigan	Politician	13-Jan-1936	7-Dec-1994	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-93
John Alexander McClernand	Military	30-May-1812	20-Sep-1900	Union General and Congressman
Paul Simon	Politician	29-Nov-1928	9-Dec-2003	US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate

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