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Day in history for July 21, 2001

1876 -- 125 years ago: The Savana, up this morning with a tow of coal barges, lost her wheel when one of the driving shafts broke just as she passed the bridge.
1901 -- 100 years ago: The Rock Island Arsenal shops resumed work, after a two-week shutdown, the men having enjoyed their first vacation with pay under the new law.
1926 -- 75 years ago: Four businessmen, John W. Dee, Dale N. Johnson, John B. Hawley and Harry E. Long, have undertaken the job of guiding the Rock Island Independents through their first year in the American League of professional football clubs.
1951 -- 50 years ago: How would you like to live 730 miles from your work and commute to your home on weekends in less than two hours? It is done and proof of it is furnished by Lt. Loren Parry, 28, a Navy jet-fighter pilot who is stationed at Whiting Field, Pensacola, Fla., and whose family lives in Moline. For the last three Saturdays Lt. Parry has hopped into his F-80 Shooting Star at Pensacola after breakfast and has been in Moline by mid-morning.
1976 -- 25 years ago: Moline's 12th Avenue would become part of ``Bicentennial Way'' through Moline, East Moline and Silvis if the city approves a proposal from the Bicentennial Commission. The avenue would be renamed along with 30th Avenue, East Moline, and 11th Avenue, Silvis, to form the Bicentennial Way. The proposal is expected to go before the city council tonight for consideration.

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1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.

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