Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 22, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 97 degrees (1988)
- Low temperature: 40 degrees (1875)
- Precipitation: 1.55 inches (2020)
- Snowfall: Trace (1928)
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1912: President William H. Taft’s renomination as Republican candidate at the party’s convention in Chicago was met with stormy opposition from former President Theodore Roosevelt, who then broke away to form the Progressive, or Bull Moose Party, which also had its convention in Chicago. Both candidates lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
Joe Louis, left, and James Braddock during their historic June 22, 1937, fight at Comiskey Park in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)
1937: Joe Louis became heavyweight boxing champion of the world by dethroning James Braddock in front of 41,675 paying customers in Comiskey Park. It was the first heavyweight title fight in Chicago in 10 years.
The first Dairy Queen opened in Joliet on June 22, 1940. By the time this advertisement was published in the Tribune in 1950, there were six locations in the Chicago area. (Chicago Tribune)
1940: The original Dairy Queen opened at 501 N. Chicago St. in Joliet.
Sherwood Noble (known as Sherb) started selling soft-serve ice cream — which had been created by his friend J.F. McCullough — at his Kankakee ice cream store in 1938. He chose the name of the new shop to reflect his belief, “the cow was the queen on the dairy industry.”
Noble died in 1991, and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired Dairy Queen in 1997.
1949: The Douglas airport became O’Hare Field and Northerly Island airport became Merrill C. Meigs Field with approval by the Chicago City Council.
The Chicago Bulls acquired Scottie Pippen in an NBA draft day trade on June 22, 1987. (Chicago Tribune)
1987: The Chicago Bulls acquired Central Arkansas forward and first-round pick Scottie Pippen in a trade with Seattle for Olden Polynice and added Clemson forward Horace Grant in the first round.
2016: The Bulls traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks.
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