Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1927:<\/strong> Mayor William Hale \u201cBig Bill\u201d Thompson dedicated<\/a> Chicago Municipal (later Midway) Airport.<\/p>\n \u201cWe like to boast that we have a train coming into Chicago every sixty seconds,\u201d Thompson told the crowd. \u201cWe will certainly be able to boast when we have an airplane arriving every sixty seconds<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n (Decade 1960s)<\/p>\n 1960:<\/strong> After returning from an expedition to the Himalayas financed by World Book Encyclopedia under the leadership of Sir Edmund Hillary, Lincoln Park Zoo Director R. Marlon Perkins said the yeti \u2014 otherwise known as the abominable snowman \u2014 is \u201conly a legend.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Perkins had hoped, if the abominable snowman did exist, to bring back a specimen<\/a> for the zoo. A Sherpa guide claimed to have the scalp from a female yeti<\/a> his ancestors got drunk then killed, but upon examination by scientists from the Field Museum thought it might be man-made. \u201cIt proved to be from the hide of an antelope,\u201d Perkins said.<\/p>\n 1970:<\/strong>\u00a0The Chicago Bears played their last game at Wrigley Field<\/a>. The NFL had pressured the Bears to move because seating capacity was less than 50,000 \u2014 one of the parameters the league created after the AFL-NFL merger \u2014 and because the stadium lacked lights.<\/p>\n From Wrigley Field to Soldier Field: Where the Chicago Bears have played home games since 1921<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jack Concannon had his best game, throwing four touchdown passes and scoring a fifth, in a 35-17 win over the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n 1985:<\/strong> Chicago Mayor Harold Washington met with actors Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines<\/a>, who were filming \u201cRunning Scared\u201d in the city.<\/p>\n 1995: <\/strong>Ald. Anthony Laurino, who bragged of learning politics at the knees of \u201cBathhouse\u201d John Coughlin and Michael \u201cHinky Dink\u201d Kenna, was\u00a0indicted<\/a> on charges that he hired dozens of friends, relatives and cronies for no-work city jobs \u2014 at a cost to the taxpayers of nearly $1.5 million in pay and health benefits. A month later, he was further accused of forcing the wife of a close friend to kick back about $77,000 \u2014 or half of her pay \u2014 from a ghost-payrolling job<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Dishonor Roll: Chicago officials<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n While Laurino denied the charges, several members of his family were convicted, including\u00a0his wife<\/a> and a daughter,\u00a0Marie D\u2019Amico<\/a>. The indictments came a year after he\u00a0stepped down<\/a> as alderman \u2014 with his daughter taking over his council seat \u2014 and Laurino\u2019s trial was indefinitely postponed in 1996 because of his ill health. He became alderman in 1965 and his political career on the City Council spanned nearly three decades. He\u00a0died<\/a>\u00a0in 1999.<\/p>\n Patrick Kane\u2019s 26-game scoring streak animated<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2015:<\/strong> Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane\u2019s streak of scoring a point in 26 consecutive games<\/a> \u2014 which set a franchise record \u2014 ended.<\/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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Mayor William Hale Thompson sits in a National Air Transport plane at the Chicago Municipal Airport during its dedication and naming on Dec. 12, 1927. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)<\/p>\n![\"R.](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ctc-253036884.jpg\")
R. Marlin Perkins, director of the Lincoln Park Zoo, and his wife, Carol, leave O’Hare International Airport via American Airlines for New York, circa 1961. The Perkins\u2019 were starting a six-week trip to India, Nepal and Asia collecting new animals for the zoo. (Chicago Tribune archive) <\/p>\n![\"Chicago](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CTC-L-CTHIST-chicago-bears009_229045663.jpg\")
Chicago Bears quarterback Jack Concannon gets the pass off before Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Mike McCoy can get to him. Concannon completed 21 of 34 passes at Wrigley Field on Dec. 13, 1970, as the Bears beat the Packers 35-17. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)<\/p>\n\n
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Mayor Harold Washington, center, gives keys to the city to Billy Crystal, left, and Gregory Hines in his office after proclaiming it “You look Marvelous Day” on Dec. 13, 1985, in Chicago. Hines and Crystal are in Chicago to film the movie “Running Scared.” (Charlie Bennett\/AP)<\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ctc-l-Anthony-Laurino.jpg\")
Former Ald. Anthony Laurino, 39th, outside his ward office on July 25, 1984. Laurino was indicted in December 1995 on charges he hired dozens of friends, relatives and cronies for no-work city jobs. (Don Casper\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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