Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1883: <\/strong>Standard Time<\/a> \u2014 based on the mean solar time at the central meridian of each time zone \u2014 was formally inaugurated on a day that came to be known as the \u201cDay of Two Noons.\u201d<\/p>\n The time zones were enacted during the General Time Convention<\/a> at the Grand Pacific Hotel at LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. A plaque at the location \u2014 which is just north of the Chicago Board of Trade Building \u2014 notes its significance.<\/p>\n Daylight saving time: Why it began, where it exists and how it saved one Chicago man\u2019s life<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The purpose \u2014 to develop a better and more uniform system of railroad scheduling. Prior to then, a Chicagoan asked to tell what time it was could give more than one answer and still be correct<\/a>. There was local time, determined by the position of the sun at high noon at a centrally located spot in town, usually City Hall. There was also railroad time, which put Columbus, Ohio, six minutes faster than Cincinnati and 19 minutes faster than Chicago. Scattered across the country were 100 different local time zones, and the railroads had some 53 zones of their own.<\/p>\n 1960:<\/strong> Some 500 people attended a dedication dinner to celebrate the opening of McCormick Place<\/a>, which was named for late Tribune publisher Col. Robert R. McCormick who had campaigned for new convention facilities. President-elect John F. Kennedy was invited to speak at the reception, but couldn\u2019t make it.<\/p>\n Vintage Chicago Tribune: How McCormick Place\u2019s Lakeside Center came to be on the lakefront<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Modern Living Home and Flower Show was the first convention held in the blockwide and 3-blocks-long facility and marked the first commercial use of the exposition center. It kicked off with a parade down State Street overseen by actor and parade marshal Jerry Lewis. Among the items on display inside McCormick Place for the expected 1 million visitors were five complete houses.<\/p>\n 1993:<\/strong> A United Airlines Boeing 727 was moved inside the Museum of Science and Industry \u2014 piece by piece \u2014 for an exhibit. The 133-foot-long, 41-ton aircraft arrived in September 1993<\/a>, by barge from Burns Harbor, Indiana, then was pulled onto 57th Street Beach and across Lake Shore Drive to the parking lot of the museum.<\/p>\n Vintage Chicago Tribune: Move it, move it!!! Relocating houses, streets and even a submarine around the city.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The aircraft is part of the Take Flight<\/a> exhibit, which was renovated and reopened<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n 2014:<\/strong> Blase Cupich<\/a> was installed at Holy Name Cathedral<\/a> as the ninth archbishop of Chicago. He replaced Cardinal Francis George.<\/p>\n 2016:<\/strong> Fifteen-year-old Javon Wilson<\/a>, the grandson of 10-term U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, was shot and killed inside his Englewood home as he tried to break up a fight between his siblings and two teens. Tariq M. Harris, 16, and Dijae T. Banks<\/a>, 17, were charged as adults<\/a> and convicted of first-degree murder and home invasion in 2019. They were both sentenced to 30 years<\/a> in prison.<\/p>\n 2020:<\/strong> Michael McClain<\/a>, a close friend of House Speaker Mike Madigan; former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore<\/a>; lobbyist and former ComEd executive John Hooker; and Jay Doherty, former head of the City Club of Chicago; were indicted<\/a> on charges of bribery conspiracy and bribery.<\/p>\n A Madigan confidant. A popular executive. An insider lobbyist. A political consultant. Who are the \u2018ComEd Four\u2019?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n McClain and Pramaggiore were each sentenced to two-year prison terms in July. Doherty was given a one-year sentence and reported to prison<\/a> in September. Hooker was given a year and a half behind bars.<\/p>\n Madigan was convicted<\/a> in a separate trial of an array of schemes that included the ComEd bribery payments. He was sentenced<\/a> in June to 7\u00bd years and reported to a West Virginia prison in October<\/a>.<\/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
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A Chicago and Alton Railroad map shows the new time zones created in 1883 to help railroads with scheduling. (Rand, McNally & Co.)<\/p>\n\n
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McCormick Place, Chicago’s new lakefront exposition center, is pictured from the south as work was wrapping up on Nov. 17, 1960. Traffic flows along Lake Shore Drive on the left. (Jack Mulcahy\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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A retired United Airlines 727 made its way to the Museum of Science and Industry where it was to be placed on exhibit in September 1993. After it was taken apart, the plane was loaded into the museum piece by piece on Nov. 18, 1993. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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Archbishop Blase Cupich, right, leaves the altar after his elevation ceremony on Nov. 18, 2014, at Holy Name Cathedral on Chicago’s Near North Side. (Antonio Perez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Congressman](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CTC-L-CT-ct-shooting-princeton-1119_007_181940643.jpg\")
Congressman Danny Davis, right, and his son, Stacey Wilson, speak during a news conference at the Chicago Police Department’s 5th District on Nov. 18, 2016, in the Pullman neighborhood. Fifteen-year-old Javon Wilson, the grandson of Danny Davis and son of Stacey Wilson, was fatally shot at his house. (Alyssa Pointer\/ Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ctc-l-ComEd-Four-new.jpg\")
The defendants who were found guilty on all counts in the “ComEd Four” trial are, from left, Jay Doherty, the former head of the City Club of Chicago; ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant; Michael McClain, of downstate Quincy; and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore. (Chicago Tribune photos)<\/p>\n\n