1964: Chicago experienced 7.1 inches of snow on Easter Sunday — the heaviest Easter snowfall on record and the largest last ...

1929: Chicago Stadium — the largest indoor sporting venue in the world at the time — opened with 15,000 people (10,000 fewer ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 27, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

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

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

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

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

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