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Time capsule from the Roaring ’20s unsealed in Aurora
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (497+ words) The city of Aurora held a journey back in time on Saturday with the unsealing of a time capsule that was more than 100 years old. Before 5 p.m. Saturday, visitors began gathering in the plaza outside the Grand Army of the Republic…...
‘Much more than old books on a shelf’: DuPage recorder celebrates return of long-lost land records book
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (592+ words) A piece of DuPage County history is back where it belongs after going missing for several decades. Officials celebrated the discovery and return of Plat Book 2, which contains land records from 1868 to 1873, Friday morning at the DuPage County Recorder of…...
Editorial: The Sears Sunken Garden gets new life on Chicago’s West Side
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (791+ words) As Chicago’s Sears, Roebuck and Co. started to grow more than a century ago, its farsighted leaders wanted a green space for their headquarters. They commissioned the Sears Sunken Garden, an unlikely oasis across the street from the retailer’s main…...
Today in Chicago History: Retired machinist who lied about his Nazi past charged by Justice Department
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (266+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: Aug. 26, 1932 1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to pilot a nonstop flight across the United States. She flew about 3,000 miles from…...
Today in Chicago History: Drowning death prompts Park District to install life rings along lakefront
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (375+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 22, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: Aug. 22, 1929 1929: The Music Box Theatre opened. It was nearly named the New Blaine Theatre, in honor of Blaine Elementary School across…...
Today in Chicago History: First segment of the Illinois Tollway opens
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (576+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: Aug. 21, 1958 1958: The first 76-mile segment of the Illinois Tollway opened. Drivers cruised up to 65 miles per hour from Higgins…...
Documentary on Elgin’s Hispanic history debuts Friday at ECC
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (741+ words) Elgin History Museum’s documentary and traveling exhibit, “Nuestras Historias: Celebrando la cultura y la comunidad hispana/Our Stories: Celebrating Hispanic Culture and Community,” will premiere Friday at Elgin Community College. More than two years in the making, both will be…...
Today in History: Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts its first race
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (323+ words) Today is Wednesday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2026. There are 134 days left in the year. On Aug. 19, 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted its first automobile race. In 1692, four men and one woman were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at Salem in…...
Teens at Emmett Till Institute's Summer Academy probe social justice
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (389+ words) The day independent autopsy results were shared for Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black student whose death off the coast of Mississippi days after a Fourth of July holiday boat trip captured national attention, 32 young learners at the Chicago History Museum…...
Today in Chicago History: Monarch butterfly becomes the state’s official insect
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (474+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: Aug. 19, 1895 1886: Eight radicals who had been rounded up after the Haymarket Affair on May 4, 1886 — in which a bomb was thrown during…...