Front page flashback:<\/strong> April 29, 1955<\/p>\n 1955:<\/strong> Eight people \u2014 including a Chicago fire captain \u2014 were killed and 20 others injured in a fire at the Green Mill hotel<\/a> at 518 N. Green St. in Chicago. Officials believed the fire was intentionally set<\/a>.<\/p>\n Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1977:<\/strong> Ronald McDonald House<\/a> opened in Chicago. The second of its kind in the United States, it was housed inside a former convent at 622 W. Deming Place and served as a home for families whose children were being treated at nearby Children\u2019s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital of Chicago).<\/p>\n Vintage Chicago Tribune: As McDonald\u2019s turns 70, a look back at its suburban origins<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There are now six<\/a> Ronald McDonald Houses near Chicago-area hospitals.<\/p>\n 2012:<\/strong> Bulls guard Derrick Rose<\/a> \u2014 who had already missed 27 games during the 2011-12 season with back, groin, toe, ankle and foot injuries \u2014 tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee with 1:22 left to play in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal opener against the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n The Bulls lost that series and, eventually, their championship window as\u00a0Rose endured a succession of knee surgeries that eventually led to his trade to the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n 2017:<\/strong> Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett<\/a> was sentenced to 4\u00bd years<\/a> in prison for scheming to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in return for steering contracts to SUPES Academy, an education consulting firm where she had formerly worked.<\/p>\n She was released about a year early, through an initiative to free inmates particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Her lawyer said at the time of Byrd-Bennett\u2019s release that she would serve the rest of her sentence on home confinement<\/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![\"Flames](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CTC-L-GREEN-MILL-HOTEL-FIRE-1955-01.jpg\")
Flames from a fire at the Green Mill hotel, 518 N. Green St., Chicago, shoot up through its roof and could be seen from the Loop on April 28, 1955. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is helped off the court by trainers Jeff Tanaka, left, and Fred Tedeschi after he was injured late in the playoff game against the 76ers at the United Center on April 28, 2012. (Nuccio DiNuzzo\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Barbara](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CTC-L-BARBARA-BYRD-BENNETT-CT0110029743-e1777316067292.jpg\")
Barbara Byrd-Bennett, right, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on April 28, 2017, after being sentenced for her role in a bribery scandal. (Terrence Antonio James\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n