CITY

Population:
43768 (2000 census)

County:
Rock Island County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Black Hawk College	1946

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Deere	1837

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vincent Bendix	Inventor	12-Aug-1881	27-Mar-1945	Founder of Bendix Corporation
Ken Berry	Actor	3-Nov-1933		Capt. Parmenter on F Troop
Warren E. Hearnes	Politician	24-Jul-1923	16-Aug-2009	Governor of Missouri, 1965-73
Diane Johnson	Novelist	28-Apr-1934		Fair Game
Don Sundquist	Politician	15-Mar-1936		Governor of Tennessee, 1995-2003

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Deere	Business	7-Feb-1804	17-May-1886	Invented the self-scouring plow

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