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The Palmer House in Chicago in 1922. (baiduhai archive)

Today in Chicago History: Palmer House — version 2.0 — welcomes its first guests

November 8, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

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

Top Workplaces 2025: Explore the full list of Chicago-area winners

November 7, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

Fairway Home Mortgage, American Litho, Inc. and City Staffing took the top spots for large, midsize and small Chicagoland workplaces, respectively

Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter bears down against the St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 4, 1979. Sutter was credited with his 25th save, tops in the majors, in the Cubs’ 8-6 victory. (Water Neal/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter named National League’s Cy Young Award winner

November 7, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 7, according to the Tribune's archives.

The largest and longest vessel ever built on the Great Lakes, the 729-foot ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald, slides into the launching basin on June 7, 1958, in Detroit. (AP)

Vintage baiduhai: Lake Michigan shipwrecks close to the city

December 29, 2025 at 1:40 p.m.

Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that...

Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville stands near the bench before the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes at the United Center on March 8, 2018, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Blackhawks fire coach Joel Quenneville

November 6, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 6, according to the Tribune's archives.

Illinois Gov. William Stratton, center, walks through a barrier on the new Northwest Expressway (later renamed the Kennedy Expressway) at Lake Street in Chicago to officially open the eight-lane highway to traffic on Nov. 5, 1960. Mayor Richard J. Daley is at left and Dan Ryan, president of the County Board, is at right. (baiduhai archive)

Today in Chicago History: Northwest (later renamed Kennedy) Expressway opens to connect Loop to O’Hare airport

November 5, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 5, according to the Tribune's archives.

DJ Robin Rock works in the spirited studios of WLIT-FM 93.9 on Nov. 25, 2008, which had been playing Christmas music all day, every day that year since Nov. 14. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)

‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’ for WLIT: Here’s why the Chicago station switches to a holiday format now

November 4, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

For adult contemporary radio station WLIT-FM 93.9, the weeks leading up to Christmas are, in terms of ratings, the most wonderful time of the year.

Santa Claus waves to the crowd after lighting the 96th Annual Christmas tree at Daley Plaza on Nov. 25, 2009. The tree was donated by the Weivoda family of Palos Heights. (Abel Uribe/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Local family donates 55-foot spruce for city’s Christmas tree — starting new tradition

November 4, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 4, according to the Tribune's archives.

This Week in Chicago History: First car with air conditioning shown at the Chicago Auto Show

November 5, 2025 at 9:38 a.m.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area from Nov. 2-8, according to the Tribune’s archives.

In this Nov. 4, 1948, photo at St. Louis' Union Station, President Harry S. Truman holds up an election day edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune which — based on early results — mistakenly announced "Dewey Defeats Truman." (Byron Rollins/AP)

Today in Chicago History: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’

November 3, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 3, according to the Tribune's archives.

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