Big Jim Colosimo, a longtime Chicago mob boss, was fatally shot at his restaurant, Colosimo's Cafe, at 2126 S. Wabash Ave. on May 11, 1920. The shooter hid in the front cloakroom for Big Jim, who ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 21, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Carl and Ruth Wanderer in an ...

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune. People make their way through the snow Nov. 26, 2023, in Logan Square. By Kori Rumore ... The least — 9.8 inches — occurred in 1920-21.

2006: Northwestern University coach Randy Walker died at 52 of a heart attack. He was at home in Wilmette at about 10 p.m.

This photo collage was published in the Tribune on July 5, 1903. (Chicago Tribune) 1401 S. Sacramento Drive, ... The club’s Horse Show was the high point of Chicago’s social season. In 1920, ...

Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, right, shakes hands with Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, who would become known as Pope John Paul II, during his visit to Chicago on Aug. 2, 1976. (Walter Kale/Chicago Tribune) ...

Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Wrigley Field got lights Fans watch the first quarter between the Northwestern Wildcats and Miami Ohio Redhawks at Martin Stadium on the Northwestern University campus ...