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Today in history for Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2012. There are four days left in the year. 1862 -- 150 years ago: An oyster supper dance was held Christmas night in Hampton,with music by Mylo White's cotillion band. Supper was served at 11 p.m. 1887 -- 125 years ago: A Burlington railroad freight engine got away from its crew andran wild for two miles between Moline and Rock Island this morning. 1912 -- 100 years ago: State's Attorney Floyd E. Thompson has gone to Roodhouse to spend the holiday season. 1937 -- 75 years ago: The city council has adopted an ordinance limiting downtownparking to one hour instead. 1962 -- 50 years ago: Three ice-making engineers of Holiday on Ice and a crew of 20recruited in the Quad-Cities area are preparing the artificial rink at the Rock Island Armory for the show's 16th engagement, which opens Saturday and continues through Tuesdayunder auspices of the Rock Island Optimist Club. 1987 -- 25 years ago: The red tags went up, and Quad-Cities shoppers Saturday streamedinto local stores for after-Christmas bargains and returns. SouthPark Mall shopperswho waited until 10 a.m. when most stores were set to open found some store aislesalready crowded with bargain hunters and lines forming around cash registers for after-Christmas returns. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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