Local History

How the town became the town.

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chicagotribune.com > 08/28/2026 > august-28-chicago-history

Today in Chicago History: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama accepts Democratic nomination for president

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (457+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: Aug. 29, 1955 1955: Eight days after 14-year-old Emmett Till took the City of New Orleans train from Chicago to stay with…...

Chicago Tribune
chicagotribune.com > 08/19/2026 > august-19-chicago-history

Today in Chicago History: Monarch butterfly becomes the state’s official insect

3+ week, 4+ 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…...