1923: The first solo exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s drawings in the United States opened at the Art Institute of Chicago, ...

Also in 1963: Loyola won the NCAA championship over Cincinnati, which was seeking an unprecedented third consecutive title in ...

Those efforts appear to have been rewarded. In December, Trump selected Burch to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See; the nomination was formally sent to the U.S. Senate March 11 for ...

1928: “Diamond Joe” Esposito, 19th Ward boss, was slain near his home on South Oakley Boulevard in Chicago. His death ...

As Tribune photo editor Marianne Mather looked through the Tribune’s photo archive she realized that much of the city’s history has been intertwined with the Walgreens chain.

In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

1979: DePaul University men’s basketball coach Ray Meyer made it back to the Final Four for the first time in 36 years. The ...

As the Sox celebrate their 125th season in 2025, they can look back at moments grand and ghastly, from the 1919 Black Sox to ...

1958: Nathan Leopold, who was convicted with Richard Loeb in the “perfect murder” of Bobby Franks in 1924, was released from ...

Some say Brian Burch’s appointment could be a harbinger of further tension between the Vatican and the Trump administration.

He was sworn in three days later by Mayor Richard J. Daley at age 25, and became the second youngest alderman in city history ...

2004: Target Corp. announced it was putting Chicago retailing icon Marshall Field’s up for sale. Field’s was sold to May ...