Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1938:<\/strong> Gates at Soldier Field were forced open by a crowd of thousands intent on dancing during the \u201cJitterbug riot.\u201d Police said there were 100,000 inside the stadium at 7 p.m. \u2014 an hour before the free program was scheduled to begin.<\/p>\n 1982:<\/strong>\u00a0Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson signed into law legislation that\u00a0banned all but daytime games<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe that night-time baseball in Wrigley Field would impose an undue hardship on nearly 60,000 residents who live within a four-block area of the stadium,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n The new law banned noise pollution \u2014 but specifically targeted sporting events in Chicago that\u00a0generate noise levels above 45 decibels after 10 p.m.<\/a>\u00a0Soldier Field and Comiskey Park, however, were exempted under a \u201cgrandfather clause,\u201d meaning that stadiums where night games were played before July 1, 1982, were not affected.<\/p>\n Six years later, however, the City Council passed an ordinance that gave the Chicago Cubs night games<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1983:<\/strong> Fred Rice<\/a> became the first Black superintendent<\/a> for Chicago police.<\/p>\n 1992:<\/strong> Tammy Zywicki<\/a> was a 21-year-old college student traveling from her New Jersey home to her last year in college in Grinnell, Iowa. She\u2019d left Evanston, where she dropped off her brother at Northwestern University, but never arrived at Grinnell College.<\/p>\n She was last seen with her car on Interstate 80 at mile marker 83 in LaSalle County between 3 and 4 p.m. Her car, a 1985 white Pontiac T1000, was found by an Illinois State Police trooper and marked as abandoned.<\/p>\n Nine days later, Zywicki\u2019s body was found<\/a> hundreds of miles away along Interstate 44 in rural Lawrence County, Missouri, wrapped in a red blanket that was sealed with duct tape. She had been stabbed<\/a> eight times and sexually assaulted, the Tribune reported.<\/p>\n Zywicki\u2019s murder has never been solved<\/a> and no one has been arrested or charged.<\/p>\n 2002:<\/strong> The flamboyant onetime mayor of Cicero, a town long affiliated with organized crime, Betty Loren-Maltese was convicted<\/a> along with six others in August 2002 of racketeering conspiracy and fraud in connection with the theft of more than $12 million from town coffers. The charges came after\u00a0years of chaos<\/a>\u00a0surrounding the leadership of Loren-Maltese, who federal authorities said came to power with the help of people tied to organized crime. Shortly before she took office, authorities said, the mob brought in a firm to handle insurance claims filed through Cicero, a scheme orchestrated in part by her husband and then-Cicero town assessor, Frank Maltese.<\/p>\n The firm, Specialty Risk Consultants Inc., soon aided by Loren-Maltese, diverted millions of dollars in health insurance claims to personal projects, including the purchase and restoration of a remote Wisconsin golf course and clubhouse that prosecutors said the mob was planning to convert to a casino. She was sentenced to\u00a0eight years<\/a>\u00a0in prison but served six. After her\u00a0release<\/a>, Loren-Maltese worked at a pizzeria and held a\u00a0garage sale<\/a>\u00a0to help her daughter attend beauty school and to\u00a0pay back<\/a>\u00a0taxes.<\/p>\n 2020:<\/strong> Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu<\/a> became the 43rd MLB player to hit four home runs in four consecutive at-bats. Abreu, who completed the feat by hitting a 449-foot blast to left-center off Yu Darvish during the second inning, faced four different Chicago Cubs pitchers during the Crosstown Series.<\/p>\n Want more vintage Chicago?<\/p>\n Subscribe to the free\u00a0Vintage Chicago Tribune<\/a>\u00a0newsletter, join our\u00a0Chicagoland history Facebook group,<\/a> stay current with Today in Chicago History<\/a> and follow us on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for more from Chicago\u2019s past.<\/p>\n Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@chicagotribune.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0mmather@chicagotribune.com<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\n
![\"At](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-JITTERBUG-RIOT-1938-01.jpg\")
At least 100,000 dancers \u2014 mostly in their teens \u2014 jammed Soldier Field on Aug. 23, 1938, for a free night of entertainment highlighted by dozens of bands. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"East](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CTHIST-CTHIST-AFE-381-CT_F_226346731.jpg\")
Members of an East Lakeview neighbors group collect signatures on July 8, 1981, for a petition against lights at Wrigley Field. (William Yates\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Police](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ctc-232933298-e1755895276730.jpg\")
Police Supt. Fred Rice comments on Mayor Harold Washington’s four point proposal to crack down on gang violence on Dec. 3, 1984. (Ernie Cox Jr.\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Tammy](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-FBI-TAMMY-ZYWICKI-FLYER-01.jpg\")
Tammy Zywicki’s 1985 Pontiac T1000 broke down on Interstate 80 near Utica, Illinois, on Aug. 23, 1992. The body of the 21-year-old Grinnell College student was discovered in rural Lawrence County, Missouri, nine days later. The FBI is still investigating what happened to Zywicki. (FBI)<\/p>\n![\"Grinnell](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CTH-Tammy_Zywicki_002_176647773.jpg\")
Grinnell College student Tammy Zywicki’s car, a 1985 White Pontiac T1000, was found by an Illinois State Police trooper, marked as abandoned and towed on Aug. 24, 1992. Her body was later found hundreds of miles away. Zywicki’s case remains active as the FBI and Illinois State Police continue exploring new leads. (Illinois State Police)<\/p>\n![\"Cicero](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-BETTY-LOREN-MALTESE-GUILTY-2002-01.jpg\")
Cicero’s town president, Betty Loren-Maltese, was convicted on Aug. 23, 2002, of racketeering conspiracy and fraud in connection with the theft of more than $12 million from town coffers. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Betty](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-BETTY-LOREN-MALTESE-SENTENCED-01.jpg\")
Betty Loren-Maltese, former Cicero town president who lost her elected post after her conviction on racketeering conspiracy and fraud charges, was sentenced on Jan. 9, 2003, to more than eight years in prison. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Chicago](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CT-cubs-sox09_182085723.jpg\")
Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu crosses the plate after hitting a home run in front of Chicago Cubs catcher Victor Caratini in the second inning of a game on Aug. 23, 2020, at Wrigley Field. (Brian Cassella\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n