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Today in Chicago History: Monarch butterfly becomes the state’s official insect
3+ week, 6+ day ago (474+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: Aug. 19, 1895 1886: Eight radicals who had been rounded up after the Haymarket Affair on May 4, 1886 — in which a bomb was thrown during…...
Today in Chicago History: Douglas Aircraft Co. announces plans to build assembly plant near Orchard Place
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (404+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: July 29, 1994 1994: Chicago Transit Authority employee Cecil Calimee was set afire shortly after opening his ticket booth around 4 a.m....
Today in Chicago History: ‘Chance the Snapper’ caught in the Humboldt Park lagoon
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (420+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: July 16, 2009 2009: Sears Tower officially was renamed Willis Tower — but does anyone really call it that? Vintage Chicago Tribune: History of Tower…...
Today in Chicago History: Chicago Cardinals owner Charles Bidwill dies, leaving the team to his widow Violet
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (563+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: April 20, 2023 2023: 14th Ward Ald. Edward Burke attended his final City Council meeting as an alderman. Burke was the 14th Ward alderman…...
Today in Chicago History: Illinois experiences its last total solar eclipse for decades
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (514+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 8, according to the Tribune’s archives. Arts & Entertainment flashback: April 9, 2013 2013: Hundreds of film executives, politicians, media personalities and friends gave a standing ovation as Chaz Ebert, wife of…...
Today in Chicago History: ‘Svengoolie’ broadcast across the country for the first time
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (201+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: April 3, 1995 1995: After a 4 ½-hour meeting with Major League Baseball owners at the O’Hare Hilton in Chicago, acting Commissioner Bud Selig…...
Home and studio of R. Harold Zook, ‘Hinsdale’s Frank Lloyd Wright,’ gets funding boost for preservation
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1037+ words) As members of the Hinsdale Historical Society capped a year in which they celebrated the organization’s 50th anniversary, they received some good news in the form of a grant from Landmarks Illinois, which will help their efforts to preserve the R....
Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications opens new downtown location
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (31+ words) The museum has several new displays, including a showcase of "The Evolution of Late Night Television" and the "Johnny Carson Centennial Exhibit. Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications opens new downtown location...
Today in Chicago History: Brookfield Zoo’s Ziggy the elephant allowed outdoors for first time in 29 years
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (295+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 23, according to the Tribune’s archives. Gale Sayers, the Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77: ‘He was poetry in motion. His like will never be…...