Sources: Time
Hundreds of Texas Military Forces troops arrive at a United States Army Reserve military base near Chicago, Illinois, ahead of a deployment to the city. 2025-10-8
Thirty-three people are killed in mass shootings at Fourth of July celebrations, with 11 people killed and 55 others injured in Chicago, Illinois, two people killed and three others injured in Huntington Beach, California, one person killed and six others injured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one person killed and five others injured in Boston, Massachusetts. 2024-07-4
Two people are killed and seven wounded during a mass shooting near a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2022-05-19
Illinois reports their first case of the Omicron variant in a Chicago resident. 2021-12-7
Chicago Public Schools announces that face masks will be required in all of their public schools this fall, regardless of the vaccination status in the city. 2021-07-22
Protesters took to the streets for a second night in a row as the presidential election inched closer to results. Protests and marches were underway in cities such as Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago. The National Guard was mobilized in Portland and arrests were made in Minneapolis and New York City, with police confiscating weapons. 2020-11-4
American R&B singer R. Kelly is arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges. 2019-07-11
Chicago chef Charlie Trotter, who operated his namesake restaurant in Chicago (from 1987 until its closure in 2012), is found dead by his son at his Lincoln Park home. 2013-11-5
ISS crew members prepare for a contingency spacewalk to stop an anticipated ammonia coolant leak. 2013-05-10
Teachers in Chicago go on strike. Around 350,000 students are affected. 2012-09-10