Banking. All banks require a valid Social Security number prior to opening any form of account, including checking, savings, certificates of deposit, credit cards, vehicle loans and mortgages. They use this for exclusive identification purposes, as no two people have the same number.
The first official Christmas tree in the city of Chicago was installed in 1913 in Grant Park and lit on Christmas Eve by then-mayor Carter Harrison. This first tree was a 35-foot (11 m) tall spruce tree.
The oldest tree in Illinois is a bald cypress tree in a Cache River swamp in southern Illinois. That tree is 1,000-plus years old, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Bristlecone pine trees in California are the country's and world's oldest trees, thought to be more than 5,000 years old.