Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 9, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in Chicago History: ‘McCaskey, you’re a bum!’ The coin flip that cost the Chicago Bears Terry Bradshaw.
Category: History
Today in History: iPhone makes its debut
On Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco.
Today in History: Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman captured
On Jan. 8, 2016, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most-wanted drug lord, was captured for a third time in a daring raid by Mexican marines, six months after walking through a tunnel to freedom from a maximum security prison.
Today in Chicago History: 7 found dead inside Brown’s Chicken in Palatine
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 8, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: Kevin McCarthy elected speaker of the House
On Jan. 7, 2023, Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern.
Today in Chicago History: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. moves to the city’s West Side
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in Chicago History: ‘Double doink’ enters the city’s lexicon
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: Trump supporters storm Capitol to stop certification of Biden victory
On Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the Capitol to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93.
Today in Chicago History: Chicago Bears owner George Halas shocked when first child is born — and it’s a girl
Welcome to the fifth day of the year. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives.