Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Flashback: Aug. 11, 1966
Avoiding their screaming fans, George, John, Ringo and Paul prepare to take a limousine into Chicago from an outlying hangar at O’Hare International Airport on Aug. 11, 1966. The Beatles were on their third and final U.S. tour. While in Chicago, John Lennon apologized for saying the group was bigger “than Jesus.” (Chicago Tribune historical photo)
1966: John Lennon apologized in Chicago for saying days earlier The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 98 degrees (1941)
- Low temperature: 47 degrees (1982)
- Precipitation: 3.7 inches (1923)
- Snowfall: Trace (1989)
Aviator Lincoln Beachey at an air show in Grant Park in 1911. “The flight of the Curtiss flier, who is recognized as the biggest star of the nine days, was declared one of the most beautiful seen in the Grant park aerodrome,” the Tribune said of Beachey in 1911. “He announced before going up that he would attempt to break the altitude record and that he would climb until his gasoline was exhausted and then volplane to the earth.” (Chicago Tribune historical photo)
1911: The International Aviation Meet opened in Grant Park. It was considered a great success — only two pilots died. Flyers competed for generous cash prizes — as well as fame and glory.
In the early 20th century, flying in Chicago was run by a private club — the Aero Club of Illinois.
Chicago Mayor Martin J. Kennelly, left, and John H. Sengstacke, publisher of the Chicago Defender, ride in the Bud Billiken Parade on Michigan Avenue on Aug. 7, 1948. (Max Arthur/Chicago Tribune)
1929: The first Bud Billiken Parade was hosted by Chicago Defender founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott as a way to thank the children who hawked his newspaper. He could think of no better way than to give them the things they loved: ice cream, hot dogs and a day outdoors.
Cubs catcher Randy Hundley in 1972. (Chicago Tribune archive)
1966: Chicago Cubs catcher Randy Hundley hit for the cycle. The 24-year-old rookie was “the big show” in a 9-8 victory in the first game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field against the Houston Astros.
After whiffing in his first at bat, Hundley hit a triple in the fourth inning, a double off the left field wall in the sixth, a homer (his 16th of the season) in the eighth and a single in the 11th.
Chicago White Sox no-hitters: Aug. 11, 1991
Chicago Tribune Archives
Chicago White Sox pitcher Wilson Álvarez throws a no-hitter in his pitching debut for the team on Aug. 11, 1991. (Chicago Tribune)
1991: Left-hander Wilson Álvarez pitched a no-hitter at Baltimore in his second career start and his first game for the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago White Sox pitchers have thrown 20 no-hitters since 1902 — including 3 perfect games
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