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Today in Chicago History: Catherine O’Leary — and cow — exonerated by City Council 126 years after the Great Chicago Fire
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: Oct. 7, 1969 1969: Chicago’s Haymarket Police Memorial was destroyed by a bomb. The bronze statue of a police officer commemorated the…