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The storm was blamed for 60 deaths in Chicago metro area, according to the Chicago History Museum. Vehicles stranded after a Jan. 26-27, 1967 blizzard in Chicago.
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
Chicago History Archived January 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine and other overlooked elements at Forgotten Chicago; Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey English translations of 120,000 pages of news articles from the foreign language press from 1855 to 1938. Digital Research Library of Illinois History "Chicago History". Chicago Public Library.
1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political
George Fabe Russell, USA TODAY NETWORK. August 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM. ... Later in the night, when most of the arrests happened, Chicago police reportedly ...
CHICAGO — In March 2019, a group of Steppenwolf Theatre leaders gathered at the offices of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, an internationally renowned architecture and design firm that had designed ...
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [3]
144 years ago, the Great Fire of Chicago took over the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.