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1816: The Treaty of St. Louisis signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearbornis rebuilt. 1818: December 3, Illinoisjoins the Union and becomes a state. 1820 Chicago1821 Survey of Chicago. 1830. August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100".
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
Born in Chicago Miss Major Griffin-Gracy: Oct 25, 1946 Author, activist, community organizer Born in Chicago [92] [93] John Gunther: Aug 30, 1901: May 29, 1970: Writer Gary Gygax: Jul 27, 1938: Mar 4, 2008: Author Born in Chicago Lorraine Hansberry: May 19, 1930: Jan 12, 1965: Playwright Born in Chicago Chris Hansen: Sep 13, 1959: Journalist ...
Culture of Chicago. The culture of Chicago, Illinois is known for the invention or significant advancement of several performing arts, including improvisational comedy, house music, industrial music, blues, hip hop, gospel, jazz [1] and soul. [2] The city is known for its Chicago School and Prairie School architecture.
Fictional characters from Chicago (4 C, 106 P) Pages in category "People from Chicago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 729 total.
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [30]]. 95–4,000+ [31] [32] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
1954–1962. France vs. Separatists National Liberation Front, Algerian National Movement, and Algerian Communist Party. North Africa. French conquest of Algeria. 0.98–1.48 million [66][67][68] 1830–1903. France vs. Regency of Algiers, Emirate of Abdelkader, Kingdom of Beni Abbas, and allies. North Africa. Gallic Wars.
GNIS feature ID. 0428803. Website. chicago.gov. Chicago[a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.