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  2. History of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    On December 3, 1818, Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. Early U.S. expansion began in the south part of the state and quickly spread northward, driving out the native residents. In 1832, some Native American "Indians" returned from Iowa but were driven out in the Black Hawk War, fought by militia.

  3. File : Illinois Free And Slave Counties 1824 Map II.jpg

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  4. Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah - Wikipedia

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    Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Arabic: أحمد العبد الله الأحمد الصباح; born 5 September 1952) is a Kuwaiti economist, politician and a senior member of the ruling family, Al Sabah.

  5. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    Yes. Long formats: English: mmmm d, yyyy. DMY dates are also used occasionally, primarily by, but not limited to, government institutions such as on the data page of passports, and immigration and customs forms. Filipino: ika- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy [135] or a- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy. (Note: Month and year can be shortened.

  6. The Primrose Path (Stoker novel) - Wikipedia

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    Plot summary Jerry O'Sullivan, honest Dublin theatrical carpenter, moves to London, seeking a better job. Against the better judgement of the people surrounding him, Jerry decides to go to the metropolis with his faithful wife Katey. O'Sullivan is hired as head carpenter in a squalid theatre in London, but after several misfortunes he is strongly tempted by and eventually brought down by ...

  7. Darconville's Cat - Wikipedia

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    Darconville's Cat is the second novel by Alexander Theroux, first published in 1981.The main story is a love affair between Alaric Darconville, an English professor at a Virginia women's college, and Isabel, one of his students, but includes long sections on other topics, including a general satire of the world of American academics.

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Wikipedia

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    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was established in 1867.

  9. List of Groton School alumni - Wikipedia

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    Note on sources. The first official school history, Frank D. Ashburn's Fifty Years On: Groton School, 1884–1934 (1934) (hereafter "Ashburn"), provides a complete list of Groton alumni (including students who did not graduate) through 1934, as well as a non-exhaustive list of some of the more notable alumni.