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  2. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    1967–1970 Nigeria vs. Biafra: Nigeria French Wars of Religion: 2–4 million [47] 1562–1598 French catholics vs Huguenots: France Korean War: 2.5–3.5 million [48] [18] 1950–1953 North Korea and allies vs. South Korea and allies Korean Peninsula Hundred Years' War: 2.3–3.5 million [49] [50] [29] 1337–1453 House of Valois vs. House of ...

  3. History of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois in the Civil War (1966). Hoffmann, John. A Guide to the History of Illinois. (1991) Howard, Robert P. Illinois: A History of the Prairie State (1972). Howard, Robert P. Mostly Good and Competent Men: Illinois Governors 1818–1988 (1988) Hutchinson, William. Lowden of Illinois the Life of Frank O. Lowden 2 vol (1957) governor in 1917–21

  4. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    a. ^ Revolutionary War: All figures from the Revolutionary War are rounded estimates. Commonly cited casualty figures provided by the Department of Defense are 4,435 killed and 6,188 wounded, although the original government report that generated these numbers warned that the totals were incomplete and far too low. [ 89 ]

  5. List of wars: 1945–1989 - Wikipedia

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    Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

  6. List of incidents of civil unrest in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political

  7. List of homicides in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    15-year-old male shot another student at Tilden High school over a game of dice Murder of Joseph Wallace: Chicago: 1993-04-19: Three-year-old boy murdered by mentally-ill mother: Robert Sandifer: Chicago: 1994-09-01: 11-year-old boy known as "Yummy" killed by fellow gang members out of fear he could become an informant: Murder of Eric Morse ...

  8. How one of the best restaurants in Peoria, Illinois, became "the most infamous restaurant in the state." ... The botulism patients were 20 to 72 years old. Twenty were female, and eight were male. ...

  9. Racial unrest in Cairo, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The city had long had racial tensions which boiled over after a black soldier was found hanged in his jail cell. Over the next several years, fire bombings, racially charged boycotts and shootouts were common place in Cairo, with 170 nights of gunfire reported in 1969 alone. [1] [2]