Front page flashback:<\/strong> May 11, 2007<\/p>\n 2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak was\u00a0indicted<\/a>\u00a0on bribery and fraud charges.<\/p>\n One of Chicago\u2019s most infamous aldermen, Vrdolyak became a national figure by leading a mostly white bloc of 29 City Council members to\u00a0oppose the efforts<\/a> of the city\u2019s first Black mayor, Harold Washington. Nicknamed \u201cFast Eddie,\u201d Vrdolyak was alderman of the Southeast Side\u2019s 10th Ward from 1971 to 1987 \u2014 the year he, appearing on the Illinois Solidarity Party ticket, ran for mayor against Washington and lost.<\/p>\n The Dishonor Roll: Meet the public officials who helped build Illinois\u2019 culture of corruption<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1876:<\/strong> The first National League baseball game ever played in Chicago took place at 23rd and State streets. The White Stockings (forerunners of the Chicago Cubs) shut out the Cincinnati Red Stockings 6-0.<\/p>\n The MVP, according to the Tribune, was the fans<\/a>: \u201cThe Tribune believes that so well-behaved, good-humored, and impartial an audience can be found nowhere else in the country. Yesterday, for instance, they applauded good plays by both sides with a judgment and fairness that deserves much credit.\u201d<\/p>\n 1990:<\/strong> The American Airlines terminal<\/a> was dedicated at Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare International Airport. The project cost? $345 million.<\/p>\n 1995:<\/strong> For the first time since his first retirement, Michael Jordan put No. 23 back on<\/a> for the Bulls during Game 2 of a playoff series against the Orlando Magic. Jordan scored 38 points in a 104-94 win.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter his third or fourth foul, I was looking for 45 up on the scoreboard and couldn\u2019t see it,\u201d Orlando Magic coach Brian Hill said. \u201cThen I noticed 23 up there and I looked at his shirt and said, \u2018Oh (expletive), he\u2019s wearing 23 tonight.’\u201d<\/p>\n The Bulls were fined $25,000 by the NBA for allowing Jordan to wear his old number.<\/p>\n 2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Juan Luna<\/a>, who previously worked at the restaurant, was found guilty in the deaths of seven people at a\u00a0Brown\u2019s Chicken<\/a>\u00a0in Palatine after it had closed for the night on Jan. 8, 1993. The victims included the two restaurant owners and five workers, two of whom were Palatine High School students.<\/p>\n The case went unsolved for nearly a decade until police\u00a0arrested<\/a>\u00a0Luna and James Degorski in 2002.<\/p>\n Luna was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Degorski also was\u00a0convicted<\/a>\u00a0of murder in 2009 and sentenced to life without parole.<\/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![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CTC-L-ED-VRDOLYAK-INDICTED-2007-01.jpg\")
The U.S. attorney announced on May 10, 2007, that former City Hall powerhouse Ed Vrdolyak was indicted on charges related to an alleged real estate fraud scheme. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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The White Stockings (who later became known as the Chicago Cubs) shut out the Cincinnati Red Stockings 6-0 on May 10, 1876. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"People](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CTC-L-AMERICAN-OHARE-1991-CT0073306898-e1746841927463.jpg\")
People walk through the American Airlines concourse at O’Hare International Airport on Aug. 14, 1991. (Hank DeGeorge\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Michael](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CTC-L-AP-MICHAEL-JORDAN-23-1995-01.jpg\")
Michael Jordan, wearing his old No. 23, stretches against Orlando Magic’s Anfernee Hardaway (1) in the first half of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal game in Orlando on May 10, 1995. (Steve Simoneau\/AP)<\/p>\n![\"Among](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CTC-L-BROWNS-CHICKEN-PALATINE-1993-01.jpg\")
Among those killed in a Brown\u2019s Chicken & Pasta restaurant in Palatine on Jan. 8, 1993, were Richard E. and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, a couple who bought the business just months earlier; Guadalupe Maldonado, an immigrant cook; and Michael C. Castro and Rico L. Solis, Palatine High School students. Palatine residents Thomas Mennes and Marcus Nellsen were also victims. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n