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The Czech Republic reports a record 25,864 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Washington Post) COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary. Hungary reports a record 12,637 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.045 million. (Thomson Reuters Foundation) COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, [6] is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for the men's and women's basketball teams of DePaul University and serves as an events center for ...
March 31 - Anthony Alvarez, was shot and killed by a Chicago Police Department officer in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago. [ 3 ] June 14 - A maintenance accident at the Chemtool Incorporated manufacturing plant in Rockton triggered a chemical fire that lasted four days and injured two emergency workers.
November 2: Chicago Cubs win the world series. Navy Pier in 2017. 2017 January 21: Women's protest against U.S. president Trump. [73] City approves public high school "post-graduation plan" graduation requirement (to be effected 2020). [74] 2018 January 7: The Chi (TV Series) premieres on Showtime.
1917 – In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. 1922 – Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad.
[24] [25] The following day, around 40 Klan members protested the Chicago Pride Parade at Lincoln Park. The event remained peaceful. [26] On August 24, a dozen black religious leaders and civil rights activists marched into Marquette Park and held a prayer for racial tolerance, while being guarded by 700 police officers.
Fan Expo Chicago (formerly Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, and commonly known as the Chicago Comicon), is a comic book convention held during the summer in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. It was traditionally a three-day event (Friday through Sunday), but in 2006, it expanded to four days ...
November 23 – The Biden administration announces a release of 50 million oil barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to bring down inflation in conjunction with other countries' efforts, the largest release in history. An investigation into oil companies' practices is also announced. [519] [520] [521] November 24