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1856: Chicago Historical Society founded. 1857 Iwan Ries & Co. Chicago's oldest family-owned business opens, still in operation today, the oldest family-owned tobacco shop. Mathias A. Klein & Sons (Klein Tools Inc.), still family owned and run today by fifth and sixth generation Klein's. Cook County Hospital opens. [1] Hyde Park House built. [6 ...
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
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.
144 years ago, the Great Fire of Chicago took over the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
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]
The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media , [ 3 ] and has long held the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the Chicago Tribune .
What happened at the protest? Protesters had gathered outside the Israeli Consulate in the West Loop area of downtown Chicago, around two miles from the United Center, where the Democratic ...
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...