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May 27, 1970. President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor. Born and worked in Chicago. [ 2 ] Saul Alinsky. Jan 30, 1909. Jun 12, 1972. Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. Born in Chicago.
February 25, 1964 (Tuesday) Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a Douglas DC-8 jet, crashed into Lake Pontchartrain 20 miles (32 km) northeast of New Orleans, nine minutes after taking off from New Orleans International Airport, killing all 58 people on board. Among the dead was the American singer Kenneth Spencer.
February 1, 1900 – The Everleigh Club, run by Madams Ada and Minna Everleigh" (Ada and Minna Simms), at 2131–2133 S. Dearborn Street, opened its doors in Chicago's Levee District. December 16, 1903 – The Lone Star Saloon, on south State Street , was shut down after the owner/manager, Michael Finn, was found to have been drugging patrons ...
March 24. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.
2017 (Tuesday) 2016 (Sunday) 2015 (Saturday) February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 320 days remain until the end of the year (321 in leap years ). It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day.
October 31, 2016 at 1:58 PM In the Chicago Cubs' pursuit of their first World Series win in 108 years, the team has the support of many celebrities and superstars around the country. They're ...
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar; 1792 - Birth of Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876) 1874 - Death of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796) 1888 - Birth of Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969) February 18:
May 2. 1683 - Death of Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) 1802 - Birth of Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870) 1927 - Death of Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866) 1933 - The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness monster is reported. 1939 - Birth of Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist.