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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…...