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Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak is helped after being shot in a Miami park while talking to President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. (UPI)

Today in Chicago History: Mayor Anton Cermak shot. ‘I’m glad it was me instead of you.’

February 15, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune's archives.

A crowd gathers in the alley behind 2122 N. Clark St., as police remove the victims of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. (baiduhai historical photo)

Today in Chicago History: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

February 14, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 14, according to the Tribune's archives.

Parking meters along Canal Street, just north of Roosevelt Road on Dec. 2, 2008, in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced a deal for the long-term lease of Chicago's parking meter system. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: ‘Boondoggle’ parking meter deal causes rate increase

February 13, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 13, according to the Tribune's archives.

Harold Bell, Bobby Rush, center, and Ron Satchel speak at a Black Panther press conference on Oct. 26, 1972. (Jerry Tomaselli/baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: Black Panther heritage sites in the Chicago area

February 12, 2026 at 7:36 p.m.

A search of the Tribune's archives found the significance of five of the Black Panther heritage sites — including the apartment where Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed.

The modern design of one of the twin towers of Marina City contrasts with the ornate figure of Father Time on a corner of the North American Life Insurance Co. building at 35 E. Wacker Dr. in Chicago on Feb. 1, 1970. (Walter Neal/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Marina City — the iconic corncob towers — granted landmark status by City Council

February 12, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 12, according to the Tribune's archives.

Jackie Robinson West coach Darold Butler, left, is escorted into a meeting room past a photograph of Jackie Robinson at the law firm of Henderson Adam on Feb. 12, 2015, in Chicago. A news conference was held to announce the firm would represent the Jackie Robinson West Little League team after it was stripped of its title. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Jackie Robinson West stripped of Little League baseball championship

February 11, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune's archives.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announces he will run for the office of president of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield on Feb. 10, 2007. (Milbert O. Brown/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announces run for president in Springfield

February 10, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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

Leon Pirofalo, Ron Hansche, Leonard Ten Eyck and Kenneth Wylie, all of the Triangle fraternity at the Illinois Institute of Technology, stomp their Valentine message in the snow beneath the windows of their lady loves at a sorority house on the IIT campus on Feb. 12, 1956. (Dan Tortorell/baiduhai)

Valentine’s Day in Chicago: The warmest, coldest, snowiest and wettest weather since 1871

February 9, 2026 at 12:43 p.m.

Data is from the National Weather Service's Chicago office and measured at the city's official recording site, which has been O'Hare International Airport since Jan. 17, 1980.

The Bagpipes & Drums of the Emerald Society arrive at the home of Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael in Homer Glen for a celebration of his election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 9, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Bears’ Steve McMichael selected for Pro Football Hall of Fame

February 9, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 9, according to the Tribune's archives.

Bob Collins, Chicago's top-rated WGN radio personality, was among three people killed in a midair collision of two small planes over Zion, on Feb. 8, 2000. (WGN)

Today in Chicago History: WGN-AM’s Bob Collins killed in midair plane collision in Zion

February 8, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 8, according to the Tribune's archives.

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