Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n Chicago\u2019s history with hosting Democratic and Republican conventions dates back to 1860<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 1888:<\/strong> Frederick Douglass<\/a> spoke at the Republican National Convention in Chicago\u2019s Auditorium Theatre. He received one vote from Kentucky in the fourth ballot \u2014 making him the first Black person nominated for president.<\/p>\n 1895:<\/strong> A Chicago Colts game against Cleveland was interrupted after the third inning so the entire team could be arrested<\/a> for violating laws banning baseball games on Sunday<\/a>. While a West Side Grounds crowd of 10,000 fans waited, the players were marched into the clubhouse where they signed $100 bail bonds. They then returned to the field to finish a 13-4 victory.<\/p>\n 1930:<\/strong> Future Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer<\/a> Hack Wilson hit for the cycle<\/a> against the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n Vintage Chicago Tribune: Chicago Cubs who have hit for the cycle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Wilson drove in a single-season record of 191 runs during the 1930 season, hit his 22nd home run of the year into right field in the first inning, then picked up a triple, double and two singles.<\/p>\n 1960:<\/strong> Ground was broken on a 51-acre site<\/a> in Elk Grove Village, which was just 5 miles away from O\u2019Hare International Airport, for United Airlines\u2019 headquarters and training schools.<\/p>\n United remained at the location until its offices were moved in 2009 to Willis Tower<\/a>.<\/p>\n In August 2022, CloudHQ\u00a0began demolition<\/a>\u00a0of the former United Airlines corporate headquarters in Mount Prospect, with plans to build a $2.5 billion data center campus.<\/p>\n 1975:<\/strong> Chicago City Council passed \u201cBurke\u2019s Law,\u201d<\/a> an ordinance proposed by former 14th Ward Ald. Edward Burke<\/a> that outlawed nudity in massage parlors. The nickname was inspired by a popular television detective show from that time.<\/p>\n Vintage Chicago Tribune: Pel\u00e9, Hamm, Beckham, Rapinoe, Messi and more. When soccer\u2019s big names came to play<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 1976:<\/strong> The Chicago Sting beat the New York Cosmos, in front of 28,000 fans. It was soccer star Pel\u00e9\u2019s<\/a> last match at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n 1984:<\/strong> \u201cThe Sandberg Game.\u201d<\/a> Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg hit a pair of late-inning, game-tying home runs off St. Louis Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter in the Cubs\u2019 12-11, 11-inning win before a crowd of 38,079 at Wrigley Field. It signaled his rise to stardom \u2014 setting the second baseman on a course that would earn him the National League Most Valuable Player Award.<\/p>\n The wild, comeback win gave notice to the rest of America that the 1984 Cubs were for real despite a 39-year World Series drought and not a single championship since 1908. That game ignited an unforgettable summer run that ended with a postseason collapse in San Diego, only one game shy of the World Series.<\/p>\n What to know about the Chicago Bears\u2019 possible move to Arlington Heights \u2014 or a domed stadium on the lakefront<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2000:<\/strong> Churchill Downs Inc. bought Arlington Park<\/a> for a reported $71 million.<\/p>\n Arlington\u00a0closed its gates<\/a> on Sept. 25, 2021. The Bears finalized a deal to buy the site<\/a>\u00a0in February 2023.<\/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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Chicago Cubs standout Hack Wilson, circa 1930s. (Chicago American)<\/p>\n\n
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Barbara Hanson, coordinator of the archives for United Airlines, holds up a wicker chair in 2003 that served as passenger seating in 1928. The archives were stored at the corporate headquarters for the airline in Elk Grove Village. (George Thompson\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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Ryne Sandberg is congratulated by Chicago Cubs third base coach Don Zimmer after evening the score in the ninth inning with a home run against the Cardinals on June 23, 1984. (Charles Cherney\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n