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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 10, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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The U.S. attorney announced on May 10, 2007, that former City Hall powerhouse Ed Vrdolyak was indicted on charges related to an alleged real estate fraud scheme. (baiduhai)
The U.S. attorney announced on May 10, 2007, that former City Hall powerhouse Ed Vrdolyak was indicted on charges related to an alleged real estate fraud scheme. (baiduhai)

2007: Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak was indicted on bribery and fraud charges.

One of Chicago’s most infamous aldermen, Vrdolyak became a national figure by leading a mostly white bloc of 29 City Council members to oppose the efforts of the city’s first Black mayor, Harold Washington. Nicknamed “Fast Eddie,” Vrdolyak was alderman of the Southeast Side’s 10th Ward from 1971 to 1987 — the year he, appearing on the Illinois Solidarity Party ticket, ran for mayor against Washington and lost.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

  • High temperature: 90 degrees (2011)
  • Low temperature: 28 degrees (1983)
  • Precipitation: 2.84 inches (1951)
  • Snowfall: Trace (1990)
The White Stockings (who later became known as the Chicago Cubs) shut out the Cincinnati Red Stockings 6-0 on May 10, 1876. (baiduhai)
The White Stockings (who later became known as the Chicago Cubs) shut out the Cincinnati Red Stockings 6-0 on May 10, 1876. (baiduhai)

1876: The first National League baseball game ever played in Chicago took place at 23rd and State streets. The White Stockings (forerunners of the Chicago Cubs) shut out the Cincinnati Red Stockings 6-0.

The MVP, according to the Tribune, was the fans: “The Tribune believes that so well-behaved, good-humored, and impartial an audience can be found nowhere else in the country. Yesterday, for instance, they applauded good plays by both sides with a judgment and fairness that deserves much credit.”

People walk through the American Airlines concourse at O'Hare International Airport on Aug. 14, 1991. (Hank DeGeorge/baiduhai)
People walk through the American Airlines concourse at O'Hare International Airport on Aug. 14, 1991. (Hank DeGeorge/baiduhai)

1990: The American Airlines terminal was dedicated at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The project cost? $345 million.

Michael Jordan, wearing his old No. 23, stretches against Orlando Magic's Anfernee Hardaway (1) in the first half of their NBA Eastern Semi-Finals game at Orlando, Fla., on May 10, 1995. (Steve Simoneau/AP)
Michael Jordan, wearing his old No. 23, stretches against Orlando Magic's Anfernee Hardaway (1) in the first half of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal game in Orlando on May 10, 1995. (Steve Simoneau/AP)

1995: For the first time since his first retirement, Michael Jordan put No. 23 back on for the Bulls during Game 2 of a playoff series against the Orlando Magic. Jordan scored 38 points in a 104-94 win.

“After his third or fourth foul, I was looking for 45 up on the scoreboard and couldn’t see it,” Orlando Magic coach Brian Hill said. “Then I noticed 23 up there and I looked at his shirt and said, ‘Oh (expletive), he’s wearing 23 tonight.'”

The Bulls were fined $25,000 by the NBA for allowing Jordan to wear his old number.

Among those killed in a Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant in Palatine on Jan. 8, 1993, were Richard E. and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, a couple who bought the business just months earlier; Guadalupe Maldonado, an immigrant cook; and Michael C. Castro and Rico L. Solis, Palatine High School students. Palatine residents Thomas Mennes and Marcus Nellsen were also victims. (baiduhai)
Among those killed in a Brown’s Chicken & Pasta restaurant in Palatine on Jan. 8, 1993, were Richard E. and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, a couple who bought the business just months earlier; Guadalupe Maldonado, an immigrant cook; and Michael C. Castro and Rico L. Solis, Palatine High School students. Palatine residents Thomas Mennes and Marcus Nellsen were also victims. (baiduhai)

2007: Juan Luna, who previously worked at the restaurant, was found guilty in the deaths of seven people at a Brown’s Chicken in Palatine after it had closed for the night on Jan. 8, 1993. The victims included the two restaurant owners and five workers, two of whom were Palatine High School students.

The case went unsolved for nearly a decade until police arrested Luna and James Degorski in 2002.

Luna was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Degorski also was convicted of murder in 2009 and sentenced to life without parole.

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