Today in Chicago History: John Wayne Gacy convicted
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
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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 archives. Is ...
Michael Jordan, ‘I paid the price for going back to 1984’
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 8, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
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 archives. Is ...
Meet Violet Bidwill, the NFL’s first female owner of the Cardinals – Chicago Tribune
Chicago Bears matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died in February, was not the first woman to become principal owner of ...
Chance the Rapper writes $1M check to CPS
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
Blackhawks beat Penguins at snowy Soldier Field
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 1, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
Judge Joan Lefkow finds husband, mother killed
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
Amtrak launches the Superliner – Chicago Tribune
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
The Cubs get lights — and games at night
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
‘Circle campus’ opens – Chicago Tribune
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 22, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
‘Butch’ O’Hare downs Japanese bombers
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
Arrest photo of a young Bernie Sanders emerges
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
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 archives. Is ...
Professor who inspired University of Chicago sit-in resigns
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
‘We’re going to Canton.’ Steve McMichael selected for Pro Football Hall of Fame
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 9, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
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 archives. Is ...
‘He killed people like he was swatting flies.’ John Wayne Gacy’s trial begins.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
‘Grease’ is born in a converted trolley barn
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is ...
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 archives. Is ...
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