{"id":918285,"date":"2026-07-07T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918285\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:18:21","slug":"today-in-chicago-history-mother-cabrini-1st-american-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918285\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Chicago History: ‘Mother’ Cabrini \u2014 1st American saint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 7, according to the Tribune\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n

Is an important event missing from this date? Email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Front page flashback:<\/strong> July 7, 1952<\/p>\n

\"DwightDwight D. Eisenhower was chosen as the Republican candidate for president at the party’s convention at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago on July 7, 1952. (Chicago Tribune)
\n\"Gen.Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, second from right, and Sen. Richard Nixon, R-Calif., celebrate their nominations for president and vice president at the Republican Convention in Chicago, July 12, 1952, alongside Mamie Eisenhower, right, and Pat Nixon, left. (AP)<\/p>\n

1952:<\/strong> Delegates gathered at the International Amphitheatre for the Republican National Convention. Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> was chosen as the party\u2019s nominee. In his\u00a0acceptance speech<\/a> at the Hilton Chicago, Eisenhower called for party unity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe noble service to which we Republicans summon all Americans is not only for one campaign or for one election. Our summons is to a lifetime enrollment. And our party shall always remain committed to a more secure, a brighter and an even better future for our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 1952 Republican National\u00a0Convention\u00a0was the\u00a0first-ever broadcast nationwide<\/a>\u00a0on TV. It was a primitive broadcast with cameras focused mostly on the podium or providing long shots of the delegations. Television reporters were heard but rarely seen.<\/p>\n

Eisenhower defeated Democrat and Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson in a landslide at the polls.<\/p>\n

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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Tradition of acceptance speeches at political conventions began in Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Weather records <\/strong>(from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n