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July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
This is a bibliography of selected publications on the history of Chicago.For most topics, the easiest place to start is Janice L. Reiff, et al. eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2004), which has thorough coverage by leading scholars in 1120pp of text and many illustrations.
Books from the Library of Congress reminiscences00mcil (User talk:Fæ/IA books#Fork5) (batch 1900-1924 #52045) File usage No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).
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.
Chicago American (1900–1939, became Herald-American) Chicago Chronicle (1895–1908) Chicago Courier (1874–1876) Chicago Daily News (1876–1978) Chicago Daily Telegraph (1878–1881, became Chicago Morning Herald) Chicago Daily Times (1929–1948, merged with Chicago Sun to form Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Democrat (1833–1861)
1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political
While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till's murder.
1930 Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. 1931 Merchandise Mart, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1930s-1960s Illinois Institute of Technology, including S.R. Crown Hall, Second Chicago School, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; 1934 Field Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1940 to the ...