Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1896:<\/strong> James Foulis<\/a>, a native of St. Andrews, Scotland who became professional at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, shot 78-74\u2014152 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island to win the second U.S. Open golf championship. Foulis\u2019 prize was $200.<\/p>\n John Shippen<\/a>, believed to be the first Black and American-born golf professional to play in the U.S. Open, placed fifth.<\/p>\n Foulis lost to Joe Lloyd<\/a> in the third U.S. Open, which was held at Chicago Golf Club in September 1897.<\/p>\n 1982:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Wellington Avenue Church<\/a>\u00a0congregation voted to join the\u00a0sanctuary movement<\/a> \u2014 becoming just the second church in the United States to harbor refugees who entered the country illegally.<\/p>\n The movement, which had roots in the medieval tradition of churches providing sanctuary for those fleeing persecution, was aimed at providing a\u00a0safe haven for Central Americans<\/a>\u00a0running from political repression and violence in their home countries. They were refused asylum here because of U.S. support for the governments of El Salvador and Guatemala. About 20 Chicago-area churches became sanctuaries in the 1980s.<\/p>\n 1991: <\/strong>Senators voted 31-23 to approve a nearly $1 billion plan to expand McCormick Place exhibition center to more than 1 million total square feet through a mix of convention-related taxes including city levies on hotels and meals within a restaurant taxing district, new fees on Cook County auto rentals and taxes on commercial rides to and from O\u2019Hare and Midway airports. The House later approved the measure 65-44. Gov. Jim Edgar\u00a0signed the legislation<\/a>\u00a0two months later.<\/p>\n In addition to the construction of a South Building, the plan also included revamping Lakeside Center, adding exhibition space to the North Building, creating a glass-enclosed concourse to link the entire complex and rerouting DuSable Lake Shore Drive to create the \u201cmuseum campus\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium.<\/p>\n Vintage Chicago Tribune: How McCormick Place\u2019s Lakeside Center came to be on the lakefront<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Not included \u2014 a proposed $400 million domed stadium nicknamed\u00a0\u201cMcDome,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which could have housed the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n Ground was broken in 1993 and the South Building\u00a0opened its doors<\/a>\u00a0to the International Housewares Show three and a half years later.<\/p>\n The McCormick Place complex now offers more than 2.6 million square feet of exhibition space, 600,000 square feet of meeting space and the 10,000-seat Wintrust Arena.<\/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 photo of and golf clubs made by Wheaton resident Robert Foulis, brother of U.S. Open winner James Foulis, in the “Fairways, Greens & Clubs” exhibit at the Wheaton Historic Preservation Council’s “Center for History” on Nov. 30, 2006. (George Thompson\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Refugees](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CTC-L-SALVADORAN-REFUGEE-WELLINGTON-1982-01.jpg\")
Refugees from war-torn El Salvador \u2014 including a young civil engineering student who went by the name of “Juan” \u2014 found safe haven inside the sanctuary of Wellington Avenue United Church, 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago, in 1982. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Kim](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CTC-L-CTHIST-Tribune-historical-13-3-_229060951.jpg\")
Kim Goluska, right, of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, goes over a model of a new McCormick Place with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority\u2019s John Schmidt, from left, Jim Reilly and Pat Daly. (Charles Osgood\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n