{"id":185111,"date":"2025-08-29T17:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185111\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:18:10","slug":"united-center-hosts-first-sporting-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185111\/","title":{"rendered":"United Center hosts first sporting event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 29, 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\/29\/chicago-history-august-29\/mailto:krumore@chicagotribune.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weather records <\/strong>(from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/wrh\/climate?wfo=lot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High temperature: <strong>98 degrees<\/strong> (1953)<\/li>\n<li>Low temperature: <strong>43 degrees<\/strong> (1982)<\/li>\n<li>Precipitation: <strong>2.02 inches<\/strong> (1955)<\/li>\n<li>Snowfall: <strong>None<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The patent for a &quot;clasp locker&quot; for shoes, which was granted to Chicago inventor Whitcomb Judson on Aug. 29, 1893, was considered an early model of the zipper. (U.S. Patent Office)\" width=\"1857\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-EARLY-ZIPPER-PATENT-WHITCOMB-JUDSON-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"27244972\" \/>The patent for a &#8220;clasp locker&#8221; for shoes, which was granted to Chicago inventor Whitcomb Judson on Aug. 29, 1893, was considered an early model of the zipper. (U.S. Patent Office)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1893:<\/strong> Chicago-born inventor <a href=\"https:\/\/lemelson.mit.edu\/resources\/whitcomb-judson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Whitcomb L. Judson<\/a> received a patent \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/?assignee=%22whitcomb+judson&amp;oq=%22whitcomb+judson&amp;page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of his many<\/a> \u2014 for \u201cClasp locker or unlocker for shoes\u201d then displayed it at the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2023\/05\/25\/vintage-chicago-tribune-worlds-columbian-exposition-1893-and-century-of-progress-1933-1934\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World\u2019s Columbian Exposition<\/a>. It eventually became <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-unlocker-for-shoes-ch\/179951210\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the zipper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XRK4P8P1dH\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2019\/08\/30\/how-george-halas-columns-for-the-chicago-tribune-a-field-goal-and-a-charity-game-helped-the-chicago-bears-prove-their-legitimacy-in-1935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How George Halas\u2019 columns, All-Star Charity Football Game helped the Chicago Bears prove their legitimacy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>1935:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-chicago-bears-stop-all-s\/162116065\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Chicago Bears<\/a> defeated a team of all-stars \u2014 including future President Gerald Ford \u2014 in the second Chicago College All-Star Game. (The first one in 1934, ended in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-college-all-star-game-t\/179953761\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scoreless tie<\/a>.) A safety and a field goal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-bears-win-5-0-chicago-t\/179953880\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/370964810\/\">secured the win.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event became a tradition through 1976.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Elizabeth Wood, left, the executive secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, participates in a tree planting ceremony at the dedication of the Frances Cabrini homes on Aug. 29, 1942, in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune)\" width=\"1154\" height=\"487\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-CTHIST-elizabeth-wood_229048937.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"27088020\" \/>Elizabeth Wood, left, executive secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, participates in a tree-planting ceremony at the dedication of the Frances Cabrini homes on Aug. 29, 1942, in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1942:<\/strong> Mayor Edward J. Kelly dedicated the Frances Cabrini Rowhouses, the city\u2019s first wartime housing project, at Chestnut Street and Cambridge Avenue. The development was named after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enews.chicagotribune.com\/q\/oq6WbCSxeJY0YQegK6ehOQkaexSNMNk-b1JQZcOJa2pydW1vcmVAZ21haWwuY29tw4gkmDE-nNNdqwL6uNV-AdmmIJVizQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/enews.chicagotribune.com\/q\/oq6WbCSxeJY0YQegK6ehOQkaexSNMNk-b1JQZcOJa2pydW1vcmVAZ21haWwuY29tw4gkmDE-nNNdqwL6uNV-AdmmIJVizQ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1756565625289000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06FxYYi6RzJYoyfvfYhSqY\">Mother Frances X. Cabrini<\/a>, an Italian American nun, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the first American citizen to be named a saint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"World Wrestling Federation's SummerSlam '94 was the first event held in the newly completed United Center on Aug. 29, 1994. (Chicago Tribune)\" width=\"1392\" height=\"944\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CTC-L-WWE-SUMMERSLAM-UNITED-CENTER-1994-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"27245403\" \/>World Wrestling Federation&#8217;s SummerSlam &#8217;94 was the first event held in the United Center on Aug. 29, 1994. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1994:<\/strong> The new United Center hosted first event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking the seal on this dolled-up barn was not the Rolling Stones, as originally rumored but rather the sophisticated artistry of the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagotribune.newspapers.com\/article\/chicago-tribune-summerslam-affair-chica\/179954218\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Wrestling Federation\u2019s SummerSlam \u201994<\/a>,\u201d Howell J. Malham Jr. wrote for the Tribune. \u201cAnd, with the Three Tenors already booked through the upcoming millennium, Bret \u201cHit Man\u201d Hart, Lex Luger and the Undertaker seemed like the next logical lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the steel cage match, Hart defeated Owen Hart and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/summerslam\/1994\/results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Undertaker defeated himself<\/a>.<\/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 nofollow\" 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 nofollow\" 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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Today in Chicago History<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vintagetribune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" 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\/29\/chicago-history-august-29\/mailto:krumore@chicagotribune.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">krumore@chicagotribune.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/08\/29\/chicago-history-august-29\/mailto:mmather@chicagotribune.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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. 29, according to the Tribune\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[103962,40547,49010,960,3127,6387,5386,1818,103963,59706,103965,8117,188,103964],"class_list":{"0":"post-185111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-august-29","9":"tag-cabrini","10":"tag-cabrini-green","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-bulls","13":"tag-chicago-history","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-illinois","16":"tag-undertaker","17":"tag-united-center","18":"tag-worlds-columbian-exposition","19":"tag-wrestling","20":"tag-wwe","21":"tag-zipper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115113198214242840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185111","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=185111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}