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Day in history for June 27, 2006

1856 -- 150 years ago: Dog days are approaching. Every dog owner during dog days ought to be fined five dollars per day for every day his dog runs loose.
1881 -- 125 years ago: The Nellie Beach brought in 14 persons who are to act as witnesses in the Gilley murder trial at Cambridge.
1906 -- 100 years ago: Hamlin H. Hull was elected to succeed himself as a member of the Rock Island Board of Education.
1931 -- 75 years ago: Eight more deaths late yesterday and today brought the toll of the current heat wave in the Quad-City area to 14. The mercury reached 102 at 2:30 this afternoon, setting a record for June 27 and a new high mark for the year.
1956 -- 50 years ago: Gillespie Avenue came into being on Rock Island Arsenal today. Honoring the late Brig. Gen. Alexander Gillespie, commanding officer of the Arsenal from June 1934 to June 1937, the avenue was renamed in brief ceremonies this morning.
1981 -- 25 years ago: The Daily Dispatch last week became one of the first 600 newspapers in the United States to receive the United Press International news report via a satellite 22,500 miles above Earth. The report is received through a 10-foot-diameter, dish-type antenna constructed on the roof of The Dispatch building in downtown Moline.

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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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