Everett McKinley Dirksen

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Everett McKinley Dirksen: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 27, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 03, 2023
	Added cross-references.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Sep 18, 2017
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Nov 24, 2010
	Article revised and updated.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Mar 20, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998