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Chicago
in 1803
in
Chicago
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11752
Picture of Chicago in 1812
Chicago
in 1812
in
Chicago
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-1728057
Picture of Chicago in 1830
Chicago
in 1830
in
Chicago
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-1728058
Art Institute of Chicago
in 1893
in
Chicago
at 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 USA
...
751776
Chicago
the Chicago River
in 1900
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2147500937
Chicago White Sox
in 1901
in
Chicago
...
2147500939
Chicago White Sox
American League pennant
in 1901
in
Chicago
...
2147500940
Walt Disney
in
Chicago
...
2147497292



1905
Chicago Defender
Robert S. Abbott
in 1905
in
Chicago
a Chicago-based weekly newspaper founded by Robert S. Abbott for primarily African-American readers
...
748623
Chicago White Sox
World Series
in 1906
in
Chicago
...
2147500942
Bugmobile
in 1907
in
Chicago
...
2147500943
Harriet Monroe
Poetry magazine
in 1912
in
Chicago
...
2147500944
Chicago White Sox
World Series
in 1917
in
Chicago
...
2147500945
Al Capone
Chicago
in 1919
in
Chicago
at the invitation of Johnny Torrio
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1325016
Chicago
Hyde Park
in 1920
...
2147500946
Chicago
Jefferson Park
in 1920
in
Hyde Park
...
2147500947



1921
Chicago
Kessenger tenant laws and a heat ordinance
in 1921
in
Chicago
...
2147500948
Chicago Bears
Chicago
in 1921
in
Chicago
...
2147500723
Chicago Theater
in 1921
in
Chicago
...
993989
Johnny Torrio
Dean OBanion
in 1924
in
Chicago
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1325028
Chicago Union Station
in 1925
in
Chicago
...
750259
Chicago Blackhawks
in 1926
in
Chicago
...
2147500949
William Thompson
Mayor
in 1927
in
Chicago
last Republican mayor
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2147500950
Arthur Judson
United Independent Broadcasters, Inc.
on 1/1927
in
Chicago
...
2147487961



1931
Ida B. Wells
in
Chicago
...
736653
Chicago
the Century of Progress International Exposition World's
in 1934
...
2147500951
Chicago Bears
a logo
in 1940
in
Chicago
depicting a black bear running with a football
...
2147500750
Enrico Fermi
first controlled nuclear reaction
in
Chicago
...
2147500952
Merrick Garland
in
Chicago
...
745886
Henry Moore
Large Interior Form
in 1953
in
Chicago
...
2147500953
Malcolm X
Chicago
in 1953
in
Chicago
...
715200



1955
Prudential Tower
in 1955
in
Chicago
...
1021465
Richard Daley
mayor
in 1955
in
Chicago
...
2147500954
Chicago
and beneath O'Hare Airport
in 1956
...
2147500955
Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago
in 1956
in
Chicago
presenting operas in Lithuanian
...
2147500956
Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough
in
Chicago
...
2147489713
Dick Portillo
Portillos Restaurants
in 1963
in
Chicago
...
746281
George Halas
Pro Football Hall of Fame's
in 1963
in
Chicago
first induction class
...
2147500991



1964
Bo Farrington
in
Chicago
in an automobile accident near the team's training camp
...
2147500996
Martin Luther King Jr.
Chicago Freedom Movement
in 1966
in
Chicago
...
2147500957
Billy Corgan
in
Chicago
...
747496
Chicago
Democratic National Convention
in 1968
marked by tumultuous protests and confrontations between police and anti-war demonstrators
...
2147500958
Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
in
Chicago
...
232759
Merrick Garland
Niles West High School
in 1970
in
Chicago
...
745887
Chicago
Chicago
in
Chicago
...
231986



1971
Chicago
Chicago III
in
Chicago
...
231198
Chicago
Chicago at Carnegie Hall
in
Chicago
...
231494
Chicago
Chicago V
in
Chicago
...
230645
Chicago
Chicago VI
in
Chicago
...
229872
Chicago
Chicago VII
on 3/1974
in
Chicago
...
229005
Chicago
Chicago VIII
on 3/1975
in
Chicago
...
228241
Jane Byrne
mayor
in 1979
in
Chicago
...
2147500960
John Paul II
Chicago
in 1979
...
2147500961



1983
Harold Washington
mayor
in 1983
in
Chicago
...
2147500962
Barack Obama
director of the Developing Communities Project
on 6/1985
in
Chicago
...
2147493447
Harold Washington
mayor
in 1987
in
Chicago
...
2147500964
Harold Washington
in 1987
in
Chicago
...
2147500965
Eugene Sawyer
mayor
in 1987
in
Chicago
...
2147500966
Chicago Teachers Union's
in 1987
in
Chicago
...
2147500967
Richard M. Daley
mayor
in 1989
in
Chicago
...
2147500969



1991
Lollapalooza
in 1991
in
Chicago
...
2147500970
Portillos Restaurants
Chicago Restaurant
in 1994
in
Chicago
After years of requests from fans, Portillos opens in Chicago at the intersection of Clark and Ontario Streets. Many of the items inside the store are purchased from the original Chicago Stadium, including the original Chicago Blackhawks 1938 Stanley Cup banner.
...
746287
Soldier Field
FIFA World Cup
in 1994
in
Chicago
...
2147500971
Diana Spencer
Chicago Rib Shack
in
Chicago
...
735672
Bogdan Stepanovich Skavinskyy
Chicago
in
Chicago
...
744545
Chicago Fire
in 1997
in
Chicago
...
2147500973
Bogdan Stepanovich Skavinskyy
Ukrainian Orchestra of Chicago Berkut
in 1998
in
Chicago
...
744546



2000
Taras Skavinskyy
Chicago
in
Chicago
...
713393
Taras Skavinskyy
Sergiy Zavgorodniy
in
Chicago
...
736365
Taras Skavinskyy
St Nicholas Catholic Cathedral School
in
Chicago
...
750704
Boeing
headquarters
in 2001
in
Chicago
from Seattle
...
2147500974
Taras Skavinskyy
St Nicholas Catholic Cathedral School
in
Chicago
...
750705
Taras Skavinskyy
Lake View High School Chicago
in
Chicago
...
742812
Vladimir Gurkot
Taras Skavinskyy
in 2003
in
Chicago
...
1247499



2004
the Congo Square Theatre Company
Chadwick Boseman
in 2004
in
Chicago
to create his most renowned play, Deep Azure
...
2147498904
Chicago White Sox
World Series
in 2005
in
Chicago
...
2147500975
Taras Skavinskyy
University of Illinois at Chicago
in
Chicago
...
750706

Volodymyr Petrykivskyy
in 2006
to
Taras Skavinskyy
in
Chicago
" Dont complain without offering a solution."

...
744542
Chicago Sky
a WNBA team
in 2006
in
Chicago
...
2147500976
Richard M. Daley
parking meter system
in 2008
in
Chicago
a 75-year, $1.16 billion agreement
...
2147500977
Taras Skavinskyy
Chicago
in
Chicago
...
735949



2010
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup
in 2010
in
Chicago
...
2147500978
Rahm Emanuel
Mayor
in
Chicago
...
2147500979
Rahm Emanuel
mayor
in
Chicago
...
2147500980
Chicago Teachers Union's
in 2012
in
Chicago
...
2147500968
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup
in 2013
in
Chicago
...
2147500983
The Chicago Red Stars
the National Women's Soccer League
in 2013
in
Chicago
...
2147500984
Rahm Emanuel
mayor
in 2015
in
Chicago
...
2147500985
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup
in 2015
in
Chicago
...
2147500986



2017
Vlad Gurkot
Carrectly
in 2017
in
Chicago
...
1023899
Maryana Bogdanivna Skavinska
Katherine Nichole Skavinska
in
Chicago
...
976138
Nexstar Media Group
Tribune Broadcasting
in 2019
in
Chicago
gaining control of WGN-TV
...
2147500988
Lori Lightfoot
mayor
in 2019
in
Chicago
...
2147500989
Brandon Johnson
Mayor
in
Chicago
...
2147500990


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