Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 24, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Sports flashback: June 25, 1999
1999: Soldier Field began hosting the women’s FIFA World Cup.
The United States defeated China 5-4 on penalty kicks at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to win the tournament.
Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 97 degrees (1953)
- Low temperature: 46 degrees (1986)
- Precipitation: 2.31 inches (1950)
- Snowfall: None
1932: Amelia Earhart landed in Chicago, then received a medal for her trans-Atlantic flight during a show for the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth.
She made it clear to reporters that though she was recently married, she preferred to still be known professionally by her own last name — the one she made famous.
“I think women in aviation should have the same privileges as women who write — and my husband doesn’t mind,” she said. “For social purposes, I think Putnam’s a grand name, though.”
1953: Jockey Eddie Arcaro became the first American rider to record 3,000 wins after scoring three victories in a day at Arlington Park.
2013: The Chicago Blackhawks topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 6 to win their second Stanley Cup in four years.
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2019: Former Ald. Willie Cochran was sentenced to one year in prison in 2019 for using his ward charity fund like his personal piggy bank, including to pay for gambling trips, fancy meals and accessories for his Mercedes.
Federal prosecutors dropped 14 of the 15 counts against Cochran, including the most serious charges alleging the alderman shook down business owners in exchange for his support on deals in his 20th Ward, after he pleaded guilty.
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