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Beulah Annan is at the Hyde Park police station in Chicago on April 3, 1924, after shooting her lover Harry Kalstedt earlier that day. (baiduhai historical photo)

Vintage baiduhai: Roxie Hart’s evolution — from Beulah Annan to Broadway and the big screen

May 29, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Here's a look back at the woman who inspired "Chicago" and those who have portrayed the scandalous seductress on stage and screen.

Jessicalynn McVicker, of Antioch, and her son, Max, get face to face with Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex on Jan. 27, 2009, as McVicker's uncle Rick Albrecht takes photos. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: A dinosaur named Sue is unveiled at the Field Museum

May 17, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according to the Tribune's archives.

Raising a gift bouquet above the open top of his limousine, Pope John Paul II greets a crowd estimated at 70,000 at Providence of God Roman Catholic Church at 717 W. 18th St. on Oct. 5, 1979. The 10-minute visit to the Pilsen neighborhood, during which he spoke to the crowd in Spanish and English, was the start of the pontiff's first full day in Chicago. (Quentin C. Dodt/baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: Pope John Paul II’s visit in 1979

May 8, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million Catholics making it the largest archdiocese in...

George Halas Jr., from left, then former Bear Abe Gibron and Phil Handler, line coach for the Bears, sit at the Chicago Bears table during the football draft on Dec. 2, 1963, at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago. (Ed Wagner Sr./baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: Chicago Bears’ mostly obscure No. 10 picks in the NFL draft

April 25, 2025 at 9:01 a.m.

This will be the 9th time — barring a trade — the Chicago Bears have owned the No. 10 pick. Yet, half of those players never played here.

The McDonald’s Museum at 400 N. Lee St. in Des Plaines is seen on April 4, 1989, and is based on the original building that opened on the site in 1955. (Ernie Cox Jr./baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: As McDonald’s turns 70, a look back at its suburban origins

April 17, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

Seventy years ago this week, McDonald's opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one...

Ginevra Mitchell in the driver's seat, left, with Mrs. J.C. Burgard and other society ladies from Lake Forest in September 1926. With the two women are, in back row from left, Mrs. Nelson Tabbot, Mrs. Knight Cheney Cowles and Lacy Armour. (baiduhai historical photo)

Vintage baiduhai: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Big Four’

April 10, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

The Lake Forest women F. Scott Fitzgerald met when they were teenagers and whose inspiration were used as characters in "The Great Gatsby" had full lives. Here's what we found...

Photos: Chicago’s connection to ‘The Great Gatsby’ as Fitzgerald’s novel turns 100

April 9, 2025 at 9:23 p.m.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” It was destined to be the definitive literary monument of the Roaring '20s, a...

WGN-TV newsreel photographers Fred Giese, left, and Leonard Bartholomew, right, shoot pictures in front of Tribune Tower on March 22, 1948. This photo ran on April 9, 1948 with the announcement that WGN-TV had started its transmission. Both Giese and Bartholomew were the first cameramen appointed to the eight man WGN-TV Newsreel staff. Giese was WGN-TV's assignment editor. (William G. Loewe/baiduhai)

Vintage: Early photos of WGN-TV in Chicago

April 4, 2025 at 5:02 p.m.

Detroit's Billy Sullivan, who had left the White Sox in 1914, is catching and Happy Felsch of the White Sox is batting in 1916 at Sox Park. Sullivan had played for the White Sox from 1901 to 1912 and again in 1914. He managed the team in 1909. (baiduhai historical photo)

Vintage baiduhai: The White Sox’s wild ride into the team’s 125th season

March 27, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

As the team begins the season, here's a look back at highs — and lows — of the city's South Side franchise.

A young child and a dog sit in the rubble after the Tri-State Tornado ripped through Murphysboro, Illinois and the surrounding area on March 18, 1925. The tornado left 695 people dead and more than 2,000 injured. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage: The Tri-State Tornado ravaged Illinois in 1925, killing roughly 700 people

March 17, 2025 at 11:25 a.m.

On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some 700 deaths. The tornado is considered the largest, longest, fastest, most destructive,...

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