For the 117th time, the Chicago Auto Show will park a variety of concept, crossover and customary vehicles at McCormick Place.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: From horseless carriages to cougars, revisiting the Chicago Auto Show
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey in her own words
When Virginia Halas McCaskey graduated from Philadelphia’s Drexel University in 1943, with a degree in Secretarial Studies her aspiration was to work for one executive — her father George Halas, founder and owner of the Chicago Bears and the National Football League.
Today in History: Hasbro adds cat token to Monopoly
On Feb. 6, 2013, toy maker Hasbro Inc. announced that Monopoly fans had voted online to add a cat token to the board game, replacing the iron.
Today in Chicago History: ‘Grease’ is born in a converted trolley barn
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump
On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. Though a majority of senators expressed unease with Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment, just one Republican, Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with the GOP and voted to convict.
Today in Chicago History: ‘A slow-motion horror’ in the Loop kills 11 in CTA derailment during rush hour
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: Mark Zuckerberg launches ‘Thefacebook’
On Feb. 4, 2004, Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
Today in History: ‘The day the music died’
On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as “the day the music died,” rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
Today in Chicago History: ‘I loved my mom,’ Heather Mack says from Bali jail
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 3, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle killed
On Feb. 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with a friend, Chad Littlefield, at a gun range west of Glen Rose, Texas; Eddie Ray Routh was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.