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The Chicago Teachers Union votes to defy an order by the public schools to return to in-person instructions over COVID-19 concerns.
2021-01-24

The Chicago Teachers Union 2019 strike extends into its seventh schoolday, on-par with its 2012 strike. A Cook County judge is expected to hear an emergency injunction filed against the Illinois High School Association for not allowing student athletes within Chicago Public Schools participate in state playoffs, despite the IHSA's long-standing ban against teams from striking districts.
2019-10-25

American R&B singer R. Kelly is arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges.
2019-07-11

Over 100,000 protest the election of Donald Trump in Chicago; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon, New York City; Seattle and other major cities, reflecting a deep political divide in the United States.
2016-11-9

Chicago, Illinois Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked for and received the resignation of that city’s police superintendent Garry McCarthy. Emanuel spoke of the loss of the public’s confidence in the city police and announced a task force on police accountability. The change comes in the wake of protests over the release of police footage showing the October 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald.
2015-12-1

Seven people are shot and wounded at a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
2013-03-21

Teachers go back to work in Chicago after the union leadership votes to suspend its strike while the membership reviews a tentative pact with mayor Rahm Emanuel.
2012-09-19

Teachers in Chicago continue their strike until a new labour agreement is met.
2012-09-12

The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is recorded in the US city of Chicago.
2011-05-17

Radiation detectors trigger alarms at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as radiation enters the United States.
2011-03-17