Today is Friday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2025. There are 348 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the 18th Amendment. Editorial: Looking back 100 years: Why the Tribune opposed […]
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 17, according to the Tribune’s archives.
We reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s. Here’s a look back at some of them.
On Jan. 16, 1991, in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President George H.W. Bush announced the start of Operation Desert Storm, an Allied combat operation to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives.
On Jan. 15, 2001, Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia maintained by volunteer editors, made its debut.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 14, according to the Tribune’s archives.
On Jan. 14, 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he’d used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France seven consecutive times.
On Jan. 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House over the violent Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, becoming the only president to be twice impeached; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.” (Trump would again be acquitted by the Senate in a vote after his term was over.)