{"id":128665,"date":"2025-08-08T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/128665\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:13:11","slug":"the-white-sox-wear-shorts-on-the-coolest-day-of-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/128665\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Sox wear shorts on &#8216;the coolest day of the summer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 8, according to the Tribune\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n<p>Is an important event missing from this date? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/08\/08\/chicago-history-august-8\/mailto:krumore@chicagotribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fIl4ZXZOy3\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/04\/25\/vintage-chicago-tribune-the-papers-role-in-the-demise-of-richard-nixons-presidency-after-watergate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Chicago Tribune: The paper\u2019s role in the demise of Richard Nixon\u2019s presidency after Watergate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Weather records <\/strong>(from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/wrh\/climate?wfo=lot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High temperature: <strong>100 degrees<\/strong> (1934)<\/li>\n<li>Low temperature: <strong>52 degrees<\/strong> (1976)<\/li>\n<li>Precipitation: <strong>2.35 inches<\/strong> (1977)<\/li>\n<li>Snowfall: <strong>Trace<\/strong> (1912)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The &quot;giant' Col. Gulliver and his tailor, Martin Rosen, of the Ringling Bros. Circus in Chicago. Gulliver also went by Capt. Gulliver and was anywhere between 7 feet tall and 8 feet 4 inches tall, according to reports. His real name was Alfred Ingall. (Chicago Herald and Examiner) \" width=\"4362\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ctc-ringling-circusjpg-CT0038107600-e1754609570156.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"17543022\" \/>The &#8220;giant&#8217; Col. Gulliver and his tailor, Martin Rosen, of the Ringling Bros. Circus in Chicago. Gulliver also went by Capt. Gulliver and was anywhere between 7 feet tall and 8 feet 4 inches tall, according to reports. His real name was Alfred Ingall. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1931:<\/strong> Several hundred performers \u2014 including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/community.12177094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/community.12177094\">Goliath the sea elephant<\/a> \u2014 arrived to perform as part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus, which became a <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-goliath-sea-elephant-h\/178389570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fixture of summer<\/a> in Soldier Field\u2019s parking lot for decades.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Eleanor Jarman received 199 years for her part in the murder of Gustav Hoeh in 1933. Editors note: this historic print has some hand painting on it. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)\" width=\"4261\" height=\"766\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CTHIST-eleanor-jarman-010_229048851.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"26273241\" \/>Eleanor Jarman received 199 years for her part in the murder of Gustav Hoeh in 1933. Editor&#8217;s note: This historic print has some hand painting on it. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1940:<\/strong> \u201cBlond Tigress\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-tiger-girl-and-pal-flee\/162723197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleanor Jarman<\/a> escaped from the women\u2019s reformatory in Dwight. The mother of two boys had been serving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2023\/08\/13\/the-capture-of-the-blonde-tigress-captivated-chicagoans-in-1933-then-she-vanished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">199 years<\/a> as an accomplice to a murder her lover committed in Chicago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"INKpkizxZC\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2022\/03\/17\/vintage-chicago-tribune-jailbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Chicago Tribune: Jailbreak!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jarman\u2019s family in Sioux City, Iowa, planned to use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/1994\/06\/17\/family-of-blond-tigress-had-a-hideout-waiting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bomb shelter<\/a> to hide her, but she remained on the lam. Only once was she positively seen again \u2014 in a then-secret 1975 reunion with a handful of relatives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Fifty-eight passengers on a TWA flight from Paris became the first to use a customs inspection depot on Aug. 8, 1958, at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. (Chicago Tribune)\" width=\"1338\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CHICAGO-OHARE-AIRPORT-1958-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"26274015\" \/>Fifty-eight passengers on a TWA flight from Paris became the first to use a customs inspection depot on Aug. 8, 1958, at Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare International Airport. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958:<\/strong> O\u2019Hare became <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-travelers-from-paris-cle\/164377000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an international airport<\/a>. When a TWA flight landed from Paris, its passengers were the first to be processed inside a customs depot that included immigration, public health and agricultural inspectors \u2014 services that weren\u2019t previously available at the facility.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A woman bites her finger nails as she watches the first drawing of the Illinois State Lottery in Springfield on Aug. 8, 1974. (Walter Neal\/Chicago Tribune) \" width=\"3430\" height=\"729\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ctc-l-Illinois-Lottery-06.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"17391837\" \/>A woman bites her fingernails as she watches the first drawing of the Illinois State Lottery in Springfield on Aug. 8, 1974. (Walter Neal\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974:<\/strong> Almost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/image\/383939771\/?match=1&amp;terms=giorgi%20lottery\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/image\/383939771\/?match=1&amp;terms=giorgi%20lottery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7.5 million tickets<\/a> were sold for the first Illinois State Lottery drawings, which took place starting at 10:30 a.m. on a stage at the edge of the racetrack at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. About 500 people, \u201csweating under the August sun,\u201d assembled to watch the event. (It was not front page news, however, due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/04\/25\/vintage-chicago-tribune-the-papers-role-in-the-demise-of-richard-nixons-presidency-after-watergate\/#:~:text=Aug.%208%2C%201974%3A%20%E2%80%98I%20shall%20resign%E2%80%99\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/04\/25\/vintage-chicago-tribune-the-papers-role-in-the-demise-of-richard-nixons-presidency-after-watergate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resignation<\/a>\u00a0of President Richard Nixon.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2axaqVb8rf\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/08\/08\/illinois-lottery-50-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Chicago Tribune: Illinois Lottery\u2019s first drawing took place 50 years ago<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lotto\u2019s winning numbers were 15-12-16-18-04. The weekly Bonanza and Millionaire numbers were 697-192-352.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest winner present was a 28-year-old electrician who had just finished wiring the stage. An estimated 35,000 people around the state won prizes of $20, $100 or $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Laws at the time prevented the lottery\u2019s winning numbers from being broadcast live over radio and television. The Tribune began\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/image\/383781243\/?match=1&amp;terms=%22illinois%20lottery%22\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/image\/383781243\/?match=1&amp;terms=%22illinois%20lottery%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing the results<\/a>\u00a0following that first drawing \u2014 though no one in the newsroom was allowed to give the numbers over the telephone due to the laws.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"At great risk to his exposed knees, Chicago White Sox outfielder Pat Kelly slides safely into third base on Aug. 8, 1976, after Jim Spencer's fly ball to left field. When throw eluded both Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett and pitcher Marty Pattin, who was backing up play, Kelly scored first run of White Sox's 5-2 opening-game victory over division-leading Royals. (Edward Wagner Jr.\/Chicago Tribune)\" width=\"6202\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CTHIST-ADR-633-CT_F_232271022-e1754609988403.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"26275165\" \/>At great risk to his exposed knees, Chicago White Sox outfielder Pat Kelly slides safely into third base on Aug. 8, 1976, after Jim Spencer&#8217;s fly ball to left field. When the throw eluded both Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett and pitcher Marty Pattin, who was backing up the play, Kelly scored the first run of White Sox&#8217;s 5-2 opening-game victory over division-leading Royals. (Edward Wagner Jr.\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976:<\/strong> The Chicago White Sox wore shorts in the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2015\/08\/23\/flashback-no-sequel-to-the-white-sox-shorts-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to wear them for the nightcap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sox also donned pajama-style jerseys in 1976, and wore them through 1981. The shorts, however, were short-lived. The players wore them in just three games that season including an Aug. 21-22, 1976, series against the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"29Oukv0e3K\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/03\/27\/vintage-chicago-tribune-white-sox-125th-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Chicago Tribune: The White Sox\u2019s wild ride into the team\u2019s 125th season<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost inconceivable that men dressed like little boys could give up 16 hits in six innings, trail the Samson-like Baltimore Orioles by six runs, yet still beat them in 12 innings, 11-10,\u201d former Tribune baseball writer Richard Dozer wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Taking his place alongside other baseball legends, Ernie Banks makes his acceptance speech on Aug. 8, 1977, during his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. &quot;My career and this honor belong to Mr. Philip K. Wrigley,&quot; he said of the Chicago Cubs' late owner. (Walter Kale\/Chicago Tribune)\" width=\"5590\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CTHIST-ernie-banks-01_226532891.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"26275614\" \/>Taking his place alongside other baseball legends, Ernie Banks makes his acceptance speech on Aug. 8, 1977, during his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. &#8220;My career and this honor belong to Mr. Philip K. Wrigley,&#8221; he said of the Chicago Cubs&#8217; late owner. (Walter Kale\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977:<\/strong> \u201cMr. Cub\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-ernie-banks-inducted-int\/178397309\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ernie Banks<\/a> was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XxK10fw3dy\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2023\/08\/03\/vintage-chicago-tribune-how-wrigley-field-got-lights-and-why-cubs-fans-had-to-wait-past-8-8-88-to-raise-w-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Wrigley Field got lights and why Cubs fans had to wait past 8-8-88 to raise \u2018W\u2019 flag<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>1988:<\/strong> The first night game at Wrigley Field was scheduled. Rain, however, ended it after 3\u00bd innings, barring it from being recognized as official.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The crew of Chicago's Little Lady tour boat, Crystal Brown, from left, Audrey Rudd and Brian Burke, clean up the mess that was apparently dumped on them from a passing tour bus lavatory off of the Kinzie Street Bridge on Aug. 8, 2004. The Little Lady was giving an architectural tour along the river at the time of the incident. (Chuck Berman\/Chicago Tribune)\" width=\"2000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ctc-little-ladyjpg-CT0021904491.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"17393775\" \/>The crew of Chicago&#8217;s Little Lady tour boat, Crystal Brown, from left, Audrey Rudd and Brian Burke, clean up the mess that was apparently dumped on them from a passing tour bus lavatory off of the Kinzie Street Bridge on Aug. 8, 2004. The Little Lady was giving an architectural tour along the river at the time of the incident. (Chuck Berman\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004:<\/strong>\u00a0A tour bus for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enews.chicagotribune.com\/q\/cgm3rKRS5b50YRp2XmZ7FGdwYAW_XcfI6hhYZcOJa2pydW1vcmVAZ21haWwuY29tw4gPGSxdlkqfYQLaZv2l4_2frjRmsQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/enews.chicagotribune.com\/q\/cgm3rKRS5b50YRp2XmZ7FGdwYAW_XcfI6hhYZcOJa2pydW1vcmVAZ21haWwuY29tw4gPGSxdlkqfYQLaZv2l4_2frjRmsQ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754689438120000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dNpG544im8iKwvu3AjSMA\">Dave Matthews Band<\/a>\u00a0passing over the Chicago River unleashed a torrent of foul-smelling waste onto a tour boat below.<\/p>\n<p>Want more vintage Chicago?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/membership.chicagotribune.com\/newsletters\/subscribe\/lid\/2d8200fe-eefd-4f1d-bcaa-26a0ce79a461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/membership.chicagotribune.com\/newsletters\/subscribe\/lid\/2d8200fe-eefd-4f1d-bcaa-26a0ce79a461\">Vintage Chicago Tribune<\/a>\u00a0newsletter, join our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/762760217263236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/762760217263236\/\">Chicagoland history Facebook group,<\/a> stay current with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/tag\/chicago-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Today in Chicago History<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vintagetribune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vintagetribune\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for more from Chicago\u2019s past.<\/p>\n<p>Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/08\/08\/chicago-history-august-8\/mailto:krumore@chicagotribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">krumore@chicagotribune.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/08\/08\/chicago-history-august-8\/mailto:mmather@chicagotribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmather@chicagotribune.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 8, according to the Tribune\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":128666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[78561,78566,18393,960,1271,6387,26073,1274,78563,61066,50272,59062,5386,1818,43551,78565,6395,5516,4995,31283,21479,78564,78562],"class_list":{"0":"post-128665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-august-8","9":"tag-blonde-tigress","10":"tag-bus","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-cubs","13":"tag-chicago-history","14":"tag-chicago-river","15":"tag-chicago-white-sox","16":"tag-circus","17":"tag-dave-matthews-band","18":"tag-ernie-banks","19":"tag-hall-of-fame","20":"tag-il","21":"tag-illinois","22":"tag-illinois-lottery","23":"tag-jailbreak","24":"tag-ohare-airport","25":"tag-poop","26":"tag-security","27":"tag-shorts","28":"tag-soldier-field","29":"tag-twa","30":"tag-veeck"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114992382760607781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}