Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 14, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in Chicago History: CPS students walk out
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Today in History: Lance Armstrong admits to using performance-enhancing drugs to Oprah
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.
Today in History: Donald Trump becomes first president to be impeached twice
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.)
Today in Chicago History: Michael Jordan retires from the Bulls — again
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 13, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: Grand Canyon proclaimed a national monument
On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim the Grand Canyon as a national monument; it would become a national park in 1919.
Today in Chicago History: ‘I decided to do my sitting over here,’ Mike Royko writes in his first Tribune column
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in History: Florida secedes
On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida became the third state to secede from the Union prior to the Civil War.
Today in Chicago History: Colder than Hell (Mich.)
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 10, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Today in Chicago History: ‘McCaskey, you’re a bum!’ The coin flip that cost the Chicago Bears Terry Bradshaw.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 9, according to the Tribune’s archives.