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August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100". [1] 1833 1833 Treaty of Chicago; Chicago incorporated as a town. [1] 1835 August 31, about 800 Potawatomi men gathered for a war dance in Chicago before being removed to west of the Mississippi River. [2] 1837 Chicago incorporated as a ...
Mayor Daley, citing intelligence reports of potential violence, put the 12,000 members of the Chicago Police Department on twelve-hour shifts, while the U.S. Army placed 6,000 troops in position to protect the city during the convention [7]: 2 [16] and nearly 6,000 members of the National Guard were sent to the city, [17] with an additional ...
August 25, 1922: The Cubs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 26–23 in what remains (through 2009) the highest-scoring game in major league history (49 runs total). After spotting the Phillies an early 2–1 lead, the Cubs score 10 in the second and 14 in the fourth, leading 25–6 at that point.
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
August 24 –27 1964: Convention Hall, Atlantic City New Jersey [data missing] John W. McCormack of Massachusetts 1964 platform: Acclamation: Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota August 26 –29 1968: International Amphitheatre, Chicago Illinois [data missing] Carl Albert of Oklahoma 1968 platform
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Events in Chicago (8 C, ... Pages in category "History of Chicago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 244 total. ... City Club of Chicago;
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.