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Bloomington, IL
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.cityblm.org/
Population:
64808 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1831 County:
McLean County
NEWSPAPERS
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Rachel Crothers |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1878 |
5-Jul-1958 |
When Ladies Meet |
| Clinton Davisson |
Physicist |
22-Oct-1881 |
1-Feb-1958 |
Diffraction of electrons |
| Frederic W. Goudy |
Typographer |
8-Mar-1865 |
11-May-1947 |
Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts |
| Elbert Hubbard |
Author |
19-Jun-1856 |
7-May-1915 |
Founder of Roycroft Press |
| James R. Mann |
Politician |
20-Oct-1856 |
30-Nov-1922 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922 |
| James Harvey Robinson |
Historian |
29-Jun-1863 |
16-Feb-1936 |
The Mind in the Making |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| Rick Scott |
Politician |
1-Dec-1952 |
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Governor of Florida |
| Richard Webb |
Actor |
9-Sep-1915 |
10-Jun-1993 |
Captain Midnight |
| Verne Winchell |
Business |
30-Oct-1915 |
26-Nov-2002 |
Founder of Winchell's Donuts |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| David Davis |
Judge |
9-Mar-1815 |
26-Jun-1886 |
US Supreme Court Justice, Senator |
| Gary Richrath |
Guitarist |
18-Oct-1949 |
13-Sep-2015 |
REO Speedwagon |
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