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  • July 27, 2005 at 2:34 pm #929
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    I recently found this little book that has an event that happend in Chicago for every day. I will post every day (try to) on this until New Years Eve, then this will end.

    Good Reading.

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  • July 29, 2005 at 5:18 pm #16163
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    June 27

    1916: Archbishop Mundelein forbids Chicago priests to attend the theater.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:19 pm #16164
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    June 28

    1901: A HEat wave pushs the thermometer to 95 degrees. The are 4 deaths.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:19 pm #16165
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    June 29

    1907: A Bronze Statue of Carter H. Harrison I, sculpted by HK Hibbard, is unveiled in Union Park, It is the first monument to a Chicagoan erected in the city.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:20 pm #16166
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    June 30

    1919: Before midnight, Loop cafes and bars are jammes. Prohibition is scheduled to go into effect the next day.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:20 pm #16167
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    July 1

    1933: THe Museum Of Science & Idnustry officaly opens.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:21 pm #16168
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    July 2

    1904: The Riverview Park opens. It will continue to operate until 1967

    July 29, 2005 at 5:22 pm #16169
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    July 3

    1913: THe city plans to erect street signs on every corner. 12,000-costing $66,000 will be required.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:22 pm #16170
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    July 4

    1893: A crowd of almost 300,000 celebrates July 4 at the Columbian Exposition

    July 29, 2005 at 5:23 pm #16171
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    July 5

    1847: Abraham Lincoln attends the openeing of the River and Harbor Convention where his personal appearance inspires the nickname “Old Abe”

    July 29, 2005 at 5:23 pm #16172
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    July 6

    1959: Queen Elizabeth II vistist Chicago for a fully day of sight seeing and public festvities.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:24 pm #16173
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    July 8

    1902: Deposits totalling $4,500,000 are recieved on the first day od business at the Central Trust Co. a bank organized by Charles G. Dawes

    July 29, 2005 at 5:25 pm #16174
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    July 9

    1893: Daniel Hale Williams, a noted surgeon, performs the world’s first open-heart suregery to reapir a preicardaial sac at Provident Hospital, Chicago.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:26 pm #16175
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    July 10

    1858: Abraham Lincoln opens his unsuccessul campaign for the United States senate with a speech from the balcony of the Tremont House.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:27 pm #16176
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    July 11

    1900: Robert Herick’s THe Web Of Life, new published by Macmillan, stirs much popular anger for its realistic testament of lief in Chicago.

    July 29, 2005 at 5:28 pm #16177
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    July 12

    1905: Michael Murray, 14, is the 12th to die of fireworks mishaps on July 4, in spite of yearly campaigns against public sale of firecrackers.

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