Timeline of Chicago history
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Before the 19th century
As interpreted from the 1670 translation of the de Soto narrative into French by Pierre Richelet, the Chucagua River, was believed to be the Mississippi. La Salle named Checagou, the transliterated from Spanish, as the gateway to the River of de Soto.
Site of Chicagou on the lake, in Guillaume de L'Isle 's map (Paris, 1718)
19th century
1800s–1840s
1820 Chicago
1821 Survey of Chicago
1830
August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson.
Population: "Less than 100".
1833
1835
1837
Chicago incorporated as a city.
C.D. Peacock jewelers was founded. It is the oldest Chicago business still operating today.
Chicago receives its first charter.[3]
Rush Medical College is founded two days before the city was chartered. It is the first medical school in the state of Illinois which is still operating.
The remaining 450 Potawatomi left Chicago.
1840
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder.
Population: 4,470.[4]
1844: Lake Park designated.
1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published.
1848
1849
Merchants' Hotel on left, looking North from State and Washington Streets, before 1868
Chicago in 1830, as depicted in 1884
Chicago in 1832, as depicted in 1892
Chicago in 1836
1893 Bird's eye view of Chicago
Fort Dearborn depicted as in 1831, sketched 1850s although the accuracy of the sketch was debated soon after it appeared.
1850s–1890s
The original library, inside the old water tower on the site that is now the Rookery Building .
This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view
Art Institute of Chicago As seen from Michigan Ave
Home Insurance Building
Field Museum in Chicago
1885: Home Insurance Building building was the first skyscraper that stood in Chicago from 1885 to 1931. Originally ten stories and 138 ft (42.1 m) tall, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1884[15] [16] Two floors were added in 1891, bringing its now finished height to 180 feet (54.9 meters). It was the first tall building to be supported both inside and outside by a fireproof structural steel frame , though it also included reinforced concrete . A landmark lost to history and is considered the world's first skyscraper.
Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station , circa 1886
1886
1887: Newberry Library established.
1888: Dearborn Observatory rebuilt.
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895: Marquette Building completed.
1896
1897
March 12, The Chicago Elevator Protective Association of Chicago was formed. Later, on July 15, 1901, to become the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 2.
The Union Loop Elevated is completed.
National union of meat packers formed.
1898: National peace jubilee was held.
1899
Chicago-Sanitary-and-Ship-Canal, during construction
Map of the business portion of Chicago
20th century
Construction of the Chicago Drainage Canal, 1900s
1900s–1940s
All Star Tournament, 18 Inch Balke Line, Chicago, May 7–14, 1906
Jewish men and boys standing on a sidewalk in Chicago, 1903
Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago, 1915
During construction, 1915 (Chicago Daily News )
1915
1916
Rebuilding of the American Fort
Navy Pier built.
1917: The Chicago White Sox win the MLB World Series .
1918
1919
1920: Population: 2,701,705.
1921
1922: Chicago Council on Global Affairs established.[38]
1924
1925
1926
1927: Originally called the Chicago Municipal Airport, Chicago Midway International Airport opened. It was renamed in 1949 to honor the Battle of Midway in World War II .
July 28: 27 people, mostly women and children, were killed in the Favorite Boat Disaster.
1929
1930
March 6: 50,000 gather for International Unemployment Day , capping 10 days of protest against Great Depression conditions.
May 12, Adler Planetarium opened, through a gift from local merchant Max Adler . It was the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere .[42]
April 6, Twinkies are in Invented in Schiller Park .
May 30, Shedd Aquarium opens.
The Merchandise Mart was built for Marshall Field & Co. The $32 million, 4.2 million square foot (390,000 m2 ) building was the world's largest commercial building. It was sold it to Joseph P. Kennedy in 1945.
Population: 3,376,438. [43]
1933
1933–34: Century of Progress World's Fair .
1934
1935
1937: Labor strike of steelworkers.[9]
1938: Community Factbook begins publication.[44]
1940: Population: 3,396,808. [45]
1944: Premiere of Williams' play The Glass Menagerie .
1945: Ebony magazine begins publication.[46]
1946: Construction of Thatcher Homes begins.
1948: Chicago Daily Sun and Times newspaper begins publication.[10]
1950s–1990s
PCC streetcar, Chicago, 1950
1950
Chess Records in business.[47]
Population: 3,620,962. This was the peak of Chicago's population, which has been declining ever since. [48]
1953: American Indian Center , the oldest urban Native American center in the United States, opened.
1954: Johnson Products Company in business.
1955: The first McDonald's franchise restaurant, owned by Ray Kroc , opened in the suburb of Des Plaines .
1958
1959: Second City comedy troupe active.
1960
September 26: Nixon-Kennedy televised presidential debate held.[25]
The first of the Playboy Clubs , featuring bunnies, opened in Chicago.
Population: 3,550,404. [49]
1963 – Donald Rumsfeld became U.S. representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district .[50]
1965–66 – The Chicago Freedom Movement , centering on the topic of open housing, paves the way for the 1968 Fair Housing Act .
1966
1967
January 26 – 27, Major snowstorm deposits 23 inches of snow, closing the city for several days.[2]
August 1: maiden voyage of UAC TurboTrain .
1968:
1969
1970
Soul Train television program begins broadcasting.
Casa Aztlán (organization) founded.[52]
Population: 3,366,957. [53]
1971: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center founded.[54]
1972: Vietnam Veterans Against the War headquartered in Chicago.
1973: Sears Tower , the tallest building in the world for the next 25 years, was completed.
1974: Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded.
1977: Chicago Marathon begins.[47]
1978: First BBS goes online on February 16.
1979
1980: Population: 3,005,072. [56]
1981: Hill Street Blues television show premieres on January 15.
1982
1983
1984
1986
1988
1990: Population: 2,783,726.[4]
1991
May 28, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Sony proudly revealed that it was working with Nintendo to create a version of the Super NES with an in-built CD drive. The two Japanese companies had been working together in secret on the project, tentatively titled the Nintendo PlayStation, since 1989 and with the hype about CD-ROM reaching fever pitch, Sony’s announcement should have been a highlight of the trade show. Eventually leads to betrayal of the company Nintendo to Sony into Leading to the beginning of PlayStation console.[60]
The Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship.
1992:
1993: The Chicago Bulls won their third NBA championship to achieve a three-peat.
1995
1996
1997: The Chicago Bulls won their fifth and second straight back-to-back NBA championship.
1998
21st century
2000s–Present
2000: Population: 2,895,671. [64]
2001:
9/11
Chicago International Speedway is opened.
Boeing moves its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago
A video game company called Bungie Launches Halo that would give Rise to Microsoft's Xbox counsels.
2002: Lakeview Polar Bear Club founded (now known as the Chicago Polar Bear Club).
2003
2004: Millennium Park opens.[65]
2005
2006
2008: November 4, US President-elect Barack Obama makes his victory speech in Grant Park .
In 2009, an Amtrak Lake Shore Limited train backing into Chicago Union Station
Chicago Theater in 2011
2010
2011
February 2: 900 cars abandoned on Lake Shore Drive due to Blizzard .
March 30: Last of Cabrini Green towers torn down.
Rahm Emanuel becomes mayor.
Population: 8,707,120; metro 17,504,753.[68]
2012
2013
2014:
2015
606 linear park opens.
The FOX's Empire(TV Series) debuted on WFLD-32 Chicago.
Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup yet again for the third time in six years, establishing a "puck dynasty" nationwide and arguably becoming the best team in the NHL .
Video of the murder of Laquan McDonald is released by court order, and protests ensue.
2016:
Navy Pier in 2017
2017
January 21: Women's protest against U.S. president Trump.[70]
City approves public high school "post-graduation plan" graduation requirement (to be effected 2020).[71]
The unsolved mystery of Death of Kenneka Jenkins was killed at a hotel.
2018
14th Street Coach Yard and Willis Tower, October 2018
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