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The Rhineland Offensive was a series of allied offensive operations by 21st Army Group commanded by Bernard Montgomery from 8 February 1945 to 25 March 1945, at the end of the Second World War. The operations were aimed at occupying the Rhineland and securing a passage over the Rhine river.
The Rhineland was demilitarised, as was an area stretching fifty kilometres east of the Rhine, and put under the control of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, which was led by a French commissioner and had one member each from Belgium, Great Britain and the United States (the latter in an observer role only).
The first Illinois woman suffrage convention was held in Chicago; The Chicago Club is established. Washington Square Park being developed. [5] 1870 St. Ignatius College founded, later Loyola University; Population: 298,977. [4] 1871: October 8 – 10, the Great Chicago Fire. [5] [8] 1872 Montgomery Ward in business.
Born in Lakeview, Chicago, Gusenberg was the second oldest of three sons and one daughter born to Peter Gusenberg Sr. Peter Sr. was a first generation emigrant from Gusenburg, a municipality in today's Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The Gusenbergs lived at 434 Roscoe Street in Lakeview.
McHenry is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.It is located about 55 miles northwest of Chicago.Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,135. [4] McHenry was at one time the county seat of McHenry County, which once included adjoining Lake County to the east.
The incident took place at Auburn High School in Rockford, Illinois, located about 135 miles north of Peoria and 90 miles west of Chicago. Visiting Rockford Guilford won the game over Auburn, 54-47.
It’s been 16 years since Wichita was able to feast on stacked enchiladas, Mama’s Meatloaf and the Mavis chicken sandwich at Willie C’s Cafe.
On July 23, 1984, an explosion and fire took place at a Union Oil Lemont Refinery in Romeoville, Illinois, outside Chicago, killing 17 people and causing major property damage. [2] The explosive force propelled the upper portion 14 metres (46 ft) of the vessel a distance of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from its original location, while the base ...