Today in Chicago History

Before the fall: The ill-fated 1919 White Sox strike relaxed poses for a team picture. Eight Sox players were later charged with conspiracy to commit fraud after taking money to throw games. (National Baseball Library)

Today in Chicago History: White Sox lose best-of-nine 1919 World Series to Cincinnati Reds

By Kori Rumore

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

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 9, according...

Earl “Hymie” Weiss, shown circa 1925, became a top bootlegger and gangster in the Prohibition era before getting assassinated while walking on State Street. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage baiduhai: The violent life and ambush death of gang leader Earl ‘Hymie’ Weiss

By Kori Rumore

October 8, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

Here's a look back at Weiss's life and death, with rarely seen photos and stories...

Kelvin Kiptum celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory, 2:00:35, with Bank of America Chicago Marathon Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski, left, in Chicago’s Grant Park on Oct. 8, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum sets a world record in the Chicago Marathon

By Kori Rumore

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

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 8, according...

Heather Mack, left, and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, of Chicago, are handcuffed as they arrive at a courtroom during their trial in Bali, Indonesia, on March 31, 2015. Mack was imprisoned in Indonesia for the 2014 killing of her mother. (Firdia Lisnawati/AP)

Today in Chicago History: Heather Mack tells Tribune from Bali jail, ‘I loved my mom’

By Kori Rumore

February 3, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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Police remove the bodies of five women killed in a shooting at the Lane Bryant store in Brookside Marketplace shopping center on 191st Street in Tinley Park on Feb. 2, 2008. (Scott Strazzante/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: 5 women slain inside Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park

By Kori Rumore

February 2, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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Morton Grove police Officer Robert J. Jones holds all 12 handguns turned in by the town's residents after the village banned possession on Feb. 1, 1982. "They are the most photographed guns in the world," Jones said, speaking of the interest in the Morton Grove law. (Chuck Berman/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Morton Grove enacts nation’s first handgun ban

By Kori Rumore

February 1, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson passes Mahalia Jackson's casket during funeral services at the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place on Feb. 1, 1972, in Chicago. (William Kelly/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Thousands — including Mayor Daley and Sammy Davis Jr. — say goodbye to Mahalia Jackson

By Kori Rumore

January 31, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 31, according...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is escorted to a halfway house in Chicago on Jan. 30, 2013. Ryan arrived at a West Side halfway house after being released from a federal prison in Indiana. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: George Ryan leaves prison — 13 years after he declared a state moratorium on executions

By Kori Rumore

January 30, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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Surrounded by one of the largest collections of tiki carvings next to those owned by Elvis Presley and Hugh Hefner, Mauricio Binetti and Angelica Palen sit amid the Hawaiian atmosphere of Hala Kahiki tiki bar on Dec. 8, 2008, in River Grove. (Darrell Goemaat/for the baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: Tiki bars and tropical-themed restaurants

By Kori Rumore

June 8, 2026 at 4:22 p.m.

Here's a look back at a sampling of long-gone island oases we wish we could...

A woman and her dog walk past a memorial for Hadiya Pendleton, who was killed at Harsh Park on Oakenwald Avenue, in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago on Feb. 6, 2013. (Scott Strazzante/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Hadiya Pendleton, 15-year-old honors student at King College Prep, shot and killed

By Kori Rumore

January 29, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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Protesters block cars from passing at O'Hare International Airport on Jan. 28, 2017. U.S. authorities took more than a dozen travelers into custody at O'Hare in response to President Donald Trump's immigration order. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Relatives, protesters and lawyers gather at O’Hare over Trump’s immigration order

By Kori Rumore

January 28, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order on extreme vetting for the refugee program at the Pentagon in Washington, Jan. 27, 2017. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Today in Chicago History: Donald Trump signs executive order banning refugees from entering US

By Kori Rumore

January 27, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

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Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan are carried around the field after they defeated New England 46-10 to win Super Bowl XX on Jan. 26, 1986, in New Orleans. (Ed Wagner Jr./baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Bears beat New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XX

By Kori Rumore

January 26, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 26, according...