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New Year’s Day in Chicago: The warmest, coldest, snowiest and wettest weather since 1872
The normal high for New Year’s Day in Chicago is 32 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
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Today in History: Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ premieres in Paris
Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1953, Samuel Beckett’s two-act tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot,” considered a classic of the Theater of the Absurd, premiered in Paris.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Oprah Winfrey — 10 moments from her Chicago years
Forty years ago this week, Oprah Winfrey appeared on Chicago television for the first time.
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Today in History: Nancy Pelosi becomes first female speaker of the House
Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected the first female speaker of the House as Democrats took control of Congress.
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Today in History: Alaska becomes the 49th state
Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation.
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Today in History: John F. Kennedy launches bid for presidency
On Jan. 2, 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency.
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Today in History: Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago today
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be “forever free.”
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The Chicago Bears have played 4 times on New Year’s Eve and 5 on New Year’s Day. Here’s how they’ve done since 1988.
The Chicago Bears will play on Dec. 31 for the fourth time Sunday. They face the Atlanta Falcons at noon at Soldier Field.
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The secretive Twelfth Night Ball was a post-holiday highlight on Chicago’s society calendar
A masked ball dubbed Twelfth Night was for many years a post-holiday highlight of the society calendar in Chicago
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Our favorite stories pulled from the archives in 2023
We marked a variety of milestones — from Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey’s 100th birthday to the 20th anniversary of the shut down of Meigs Field.
Chicago’s Christmas weather: The warmest and coldest since 1871
A chronological look back at how the Chicago Tribune covered the Top 10 Christmas temperature highs and lows.
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The Chicago Bears have played 9 times on Christmas Eve and twice on Christmas Day. Here’s how they’ve done since 1989.
The Bears played on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) for the first time in 1989 and Christmas Day (Dec. 25) in 2005.
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The NFL’s oldest rivalry continued at Soldier Field. A look back at the teams that started it all in 1920.
The oldest rivalry in the NFL doesn’t include a team from Green Bay, Wis.
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Remembering ‘When Chicago Was Young’: An imagined winter scene from the city’s past.
A onetime Chicago history columnist in 1936 wrote a story about a fictional winter scene from the previous century.
Chicago aldermen convicted of corruption — and others facing charges
More than 30 Chicago aldermen have been convicted of crimes related to official duties since 1972.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer became a Christmas icon
In 1939, Montgomery Ward and Sears were the nation’s largest mail-order and department stores. With each dueling for supremacy, Ward’s came up with this "give-away story."
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Timeline: Edward Burke, once Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, convicted on 13 of 14 counts
Here’s a look at the 14th Ward alderman's career, indictment and upcoming trial.
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For decades, Tree Studios was a peaceful refuge for artists in the midst of a noisy city
The Tree Studios building is 130 years old and for much of that time provided a home for artists in the midst of a bustling city.
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Remains of ship found in Lake Michigan
Archaeologists believe the ship may be the 122-foot-long George L. Newman. The ship was hauling lumber from Little Suamico on the evening of Oct. 8, 1871, when it became enveloped in thick smoke from the Peshtigo Fire and ran aground on the southeast point of Green Island.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Shuttered local bakeries where we wish we could shop this holiday season
Operating a bakery requires hard work, long hours and missing out on your own get-togethers in order to provide memorable desserts for other people’s celebrations.
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Travelers Aid Society has provided succor to lost and lonely new arrivals to Chicago since the late 1800s
The Travelers Aid Society was a beacon of hope for immigrants and out-of-towners arriving at Chicago's railroad stations.
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The Way We Were: Once upon a time, Naperville was home to the largest furniture-manufacturing company in the US
This week's The Way We Were column looks back at Naperville's Kroehler Manufacturing Co., which grew to be one of the nation's largest furniture producers and then disappeared when furniture production and tastes changes.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Nobel Prize winners with Chicago connections
Though Scandinavia might feel far removed from Chicago, our city has a wealth of Nobel laureates.
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Musichorale ‘Noel’ concert to put coda on 75-year run of community choir founded by Lindblom alumni
Originally known in 1947 as the Lindblom Alumni A Cappella Choir and then the Chicago Choral Club the group that eventually Musichorale in 1957 will perform its last holiday concert this weekend in Oak Lawn.
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Landmarks: Journey of Marquette, Jolliet gets a modern update with ‘Oregon Trail’ type game at Isle a la Cache
The 350th anniversary of the expedition of Marquette and Jolliet is being marked in Will County with a program involving an Oregon Trail-style game.
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As dice start to roll legally in Chicago, a look back at the city’s underworld gambling history
A legal casino opened earlier this year in Chicago after decades of illegal gambling, much of it controlled by Al Capone and his successors in the Outfit.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Chicago-style pizza may owe its existence to a bad enchilada
Who introduced pizza to our masses? It's unclear, but Pizzeria Uno could be one of the oldest ones still in operation. December 3 marks 80 years since the restaurant opened.
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Native Americans from the Dakotas were brought to Des Plaines in 1880s in ill-fated assimilation effort
Native American boys and young men from the Dakotas were shipped to a Catholic school in Des Plaines in the 1880s as part of an effort many now consider cultural genocide.
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Quintessential Thanksgiving movie ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ has local roots
In the 1980s, filmmakers embraced a novel idea: Film movies about Chicago in Chicago. John Hughes based the 1987 film on one of his own experiences.
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Chicago’s trailblazing first female judge known for looking after juveniles, stating, ‘There are no bad children’
In November 1923 Mary Bartelme had won the popular vote to become a Circuit Court judge, the first woman to be elected to a position in “a court of such high jurisdiction,” the Tribune reported.