Illinois women gain partial suffrage
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 26, according to the Tribune’s…
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Ground broken for lakefront airport Meigs Field
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 20, according to the Tribune’s…
Dynamite causes midair plane explosion
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 22, according to the Tribune’s…
‘Big’ Jim Colosimo gunned down inside his café
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 11, according to the Tribune’s…
Flaurie and Maurie Berman open Superdawg Drive-In
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 9, according to the Tribune’s…
Today in Chicago History: ‘Svengoolie’ goes national
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 2, according to the Tribune’s…
Cardinals depart for St. Louis
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 13, according to the Tribune’s…
Ed Burke becomes second-youngest alderman
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 11, according to the Tribune’s…
City agencies stop cooperating with federal immigration authorities
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 7, according to the Tribune’s…
Today in Chicago History: ‘Frozen woman’ feels ‘wonderful’
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 16, according to the Tribune’s…
WGN morning host Bob Collins killed in midair collision
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 8, according to the Tribune’s…
11 killed in CTA train crash, derailment
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according to the Tribune’s…
Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich removed from office
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 29, according to the Tribune’s…
The mass deportation of Mexicans in 1954
Hours after he was inaugurated for a second term on Monday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders declaring…