Chicago’s central water filtration plant…
…located on the lakefront North of Navy Pier, is the largest in the world.
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Deaths from typhoid fever…
…averaged 65 per 100,000 people each year between 1860 and 1900.
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The first Oscar Mayer mobil…
…(the Wienermobile) came out of General Body Company on July 18, 1936. The invention of Carl Mayer (Oscar Mayer’s nephew), the Wienermobile is still touring throughout the US.
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Bank robber John Dillinger…
…was shot by the FBI on July 22, 1934 in the alley next to the Biograph Theater (located at 2433-2443 N Lincoln Ave in Chicago). He had just come out from a showing of “Manhattan Melodrama”.
Post Comment | Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts
The Museum of Science and Industry…
…was founded in 1933 by Julius Rosenwald. The museum is became one of Chicago’s leading attractions.
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The Field Museum…
…was founded in 1893 with a $1 million contribution from Marshall Field. He later contributed another million dollars and left the museum $8 million in his will.
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The World’s Columbian Exposition…
…(May through October, 1893) attracted approximately 27 million visitors. That’s almost half the US population at that time.
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Even though Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable…
… was the first settler in the area and the founder of Chicago (only recognized as such in 1968), the area didn’t really start attracting new settlers and developing until the construction of Fort Dearborn in 1803. Named after President Jefferson’s Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn and built by US Federal Troops. the fort stood on what is today the intersection of Michigan Ave and Wacker Dr.
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The Great Chicago Fire…
…happened in 1871. It lasted for 27 hours (from October 8th to the 9th) destroying 3.5 square miles of the city, 17,450 buildings and killing approximately 250 people.
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Indicted for income tax evasion…
…Al Capone was sentenced, by a Chicago Federal Court, to 11 years in prison and and fined $50,000 on October 24, 1931.
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The first animal…
…purchased for the Lincoln Park Zoo was a bear cub. He was purchased on June 1st 1874 for $10.
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The first game at Comiskey Park…
..was held in 1939 (the White Sox beat the Browns 5-2).
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The first true US blood bank…
…was organized in Chicago at Cook County Hospital in 1936. Today the hospital is named John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital.
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Navy Pier opened…
…in the summer of 1916. Resting on 20,000 wood pilings the project cost $4.5 million.
Post Comment | Posted on February 13th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts
Real estate broker Archibald Teller…
…opened the first Fannie May candy store in Chicago in 1919.
Post Comment | Posted on February 9th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts
The University Of Chicago…
…opened on October 1st, 1892 with 103 faculty members and 594 students.
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With over 2 million…
…books, Chicago Public Library is to the worlds largest public library.
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Chicago hired its first…
…policewoman in 1893. Her name was Marie Owens.
Post Comment | Posted on January 26th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts
Chicago’s first public…
…beach was opened in Lincoln Park in 1895.
Post Comment | Posted on January 12th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts
On June 10, 1848…
…the first telegraphic communication between Chicago and New York City was established.
Post Comment | Posted on January 9th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts
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