CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityblm.org/

Population:
64808 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1831

County:
McLean County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Bloomington Pantagraph

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Illinois Wesleyan University	1850

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
COUNTRY Insurance & Financial	1925
State Farm Insurance	1922

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rachel Crothers	Playwright	12-Dec-1878	5-Jul-1958	When Ladies Meet
Clinton Davisson	Physicist	22-Oct-1881	1-Feb-1958	Diffraction of electrons
Frederic W. Goudy	Typographer	8-Mar-1865	11-May-1947	Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts
Elbert Hubbard	Author	19-Jun-1856	7-May-1915	Founder of Roycroft Press
James R. Mann	Politician	20-Oct-1856	30-Nov-1922	Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922
James Harvey Robinson	Historian	29-Jun-1863	16-Feb-1936	The Mind in the Making
George Rockwell	Activist	9-Mar-1918	25-Aug-1967	Founded American Nazi Party
Rick Scott	Politician	1-Dec-1952		Governor of Florida
Richard Webb	Actor	9-Sep-1915	10-Jun-1993	Captain Midnight
Verne Winchell	Business	30-Oct-1915	26-Nov-2002	Founder of Winchell's Donuts

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Davis	Judge	9-Mar-1815	26-Jun-1886	US Supreme Court Justice, Senator
Gary Richrath	Guitarist	18-Oct-1949	13-Sep-2015	REO Speedwagon

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