1873 – William Magear Tweed (“ Boss Tweed ”) of Tammany Hall (NYC) is convicted of defrauding the city of $6 million and ...

Foote suffered a back injury later in 1980 that limited him to 63 games, and in 1981 he began the year going 0-for-22. That ...

Old Style, brewed since 1902 in Wisconsin, has been closely associated with Chicago since 1950, when it became the official ...

Ron Koretz remembers his high school friends joining him to spend $3 for Wrigley Field bleacher seats in the early 1980s. It was the hidden gem of the Chicago sports scene, he said. "Nobody knew those ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 23, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1992: Michael Jordan’s name surfaced ...