Front page flashback:<\/strong> June 7, 1942<\/p>\n 1942:<\/strong> Stanley Johnston<\/a> was an Australian American journalist who, as a correspondent during World War II, wrote a story for the Chicago Tribune that inadvertently revealed<\/a> the extent of American code-breaking activities against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).<\/p>\n The story resulted in efforts by the United States government to prosecute Johnston and other Tribune journalists, an effort that remains the only time the Espionage Act was used against journalists in the United States.<\/p>\n Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n (Mike Mantucca\/Pioneer Press)<\/p>\n 1917:<\/strong> Lions International<\/a> was founded at the LaSalle Hotel. Members of 42 business clubs assembled at the invitation of Melvin Jones<\/a>, a 38-year-old Chicago salesman. Jones sought to create an international association dedicated to service beyond what individual organizations were doing locally.<\/p>\n The new group took the name of one of the invited groups: the Association of Lions Clubs. Jones approved of the name since it stood for \u201cfidelity through the ages; he has only one mate.\u201d Within three years, Lions became an international organization.<\/p>\n 1976: <\/strong>Five people were injured \u2014 two seriously \u2014 after bombs planted by FALN<\/a> (a Spanish acronym for the Armed Forces of National Liberation) went off about 11 p.m. at Chicago police headquarters at 11th and State streets, the First National Bank at Dearborn and Madison streets, the John Hancock Center and a bank across from City Hall.<\/p>\n The victims had just emerged from \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d at the Shubert Theater. Further injuries were avoided during a shift change at the police station, the Tribune reported, through actions of an officer who noticed a suspicious package after hearing reports of the other blasts and helped clear the area.<\/p>\n Over the next four years, FALN carried out 16 more bombings<\/a>, including at a Holiday Inn, the Merchandise Mart, two armed forces recruiting offices, the County Building and the Great Lakes Naval training base outside North Chicago. Nobody was injured in any of those overnight attacks.<\/p>\n 1976:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Great Ape House<\/a>, which included six indoor habitats and a nursery plus an outdoor habitat, opened at Lincoln Park Zoo. The biggest improvement: no bars between animals and people. Just large, glass windows. And it \u201crained\u201d<\/a>\u00a0at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to replicate the apes\u2019 natural environment and keep foliage in the habitat watered.<\/p>\n Moving animals from the old Primate House to the new Great Ape House was recorded by filmmaker Dugan Rosalini, who compiled the footage into the one-hour documentary \u201cOtto: Zoo Gorilla\u201d<\/a>. This project and the zoo\u2019s hospital were part of the zoo\u2019s $20 million building project, which was completed in 1982.<\/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![\"Chicago](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ctc-229061115.jpg\")
Chicago Tribune correspondent Stanley Johnston, left, and Tribune managing editor J. Loy Maloney, right, are at the Federal Building to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a Tribune story about the Battle of Midway in August 1942 in Chicago. (Frederick Giese\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n\n
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Lions Club International members take a photo with a statue of Lions Club International founder Melvin Jones during a tour of the headquarters in Oak Brook on Jun. 30, 2017.<\/p>\n![\"Bomb](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CTC-L-FALN-BOMBS-1976-01.jpg\")
Bomb blasts injured five people and left gaping holes in front of Chicago police headquarters at 1121 S. State St. on June 7, 1976. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Fred,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CTC-L-GREAT-APE-HOUSE-1976-CT0076798073.jpg\")
Fred, a male gorilla, is transported to his new quarters within Lincoln Park Zoo on June 2, 1976. (Roy Hall\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n