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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse finance derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports by passenger traffic, and the region is also the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) of any urban region in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018. Chicago's economy is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...)

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The 1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game playoff to decide the winner of Major League Baseball's (MLB) National League Wild Card. The game took place on September 28, 1998 between the Chicago Cubs of the National League Central and the San Francisco Giants of the National League West at Wrigley Field. It was necessary after both teams finished the season with records of 89–73. The Cubs won a coin flip late in the season which, by rule at the time, awarded them home field for the game. The Cubs won the game 5–3, holding the Giants scoreless for the majority of the game until the Giants threatened heavily in the ninth inning and scored all three of their runs. This victory advanced the Cubs to the 1998 National League Division Series (NLDS) where they were swept by the Atlanta Braves, ending the Cubs' season. In baseball statistics the tie-breaker counted as the 163rd regular season game for both teams, with all events in the game added to regular season statistics.

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Image 1A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 2WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 3The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 4Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction; it initially opened in the 1960s. (from Chicago)
Image 5Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 6Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 7Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 8Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 9Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 10The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 11Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 12The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 13Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, North Side (from Chicago)
Image 14Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 15Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 16Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 17Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 18Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 19The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 20"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg (from Chicago)
Image 21Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 22Daley Plaza and the Chicago Picasso, with City Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, the Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 23An Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 24The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 25Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 26Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 27Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 28A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 29Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 30The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 31Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop. (from Chicago)
Image 32Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 33Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 34An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 35Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 36Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 37O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 38Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 39Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 40Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 41The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 42Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 43Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 44The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 45Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 46The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 47People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 48When it was opened in 1991, the central Harold Washington Library appeared in Guinness World Records as the largest municipal public library building in the world. (from Chicago)
Image 49Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 50Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 51Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011, and of other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)

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The list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆKΆ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, who were accepted as honor initiates and are known as The Sophomores of 1910. Alpha Kappa Alpha serves the community through a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as the highest honor.

Alpha Kappa Alpha states that since the organization's founding, "the sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha has responded to the world’s increasing complexity. The sorority continues to empower communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs." The sorority celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. (Read more...)

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... that a tornado near Chicago was produced by a storm with a hydrodynamical helicity four times higher than the threshold favorable for tornadogenesis?
... that both Christian Albright and De'Montre Tuggle were born on the same day, named second-team all-Mid-American Conference in 2020, signed with the Chicago Bears in 2022, and debuted in the CFL in 2023?
... that four course records were broken during the 2023 Chicago Marathon?
... that 900 West Randolph, Chicago's first high-rise building built by a black-owned construction firm, has penthouses that can be rented for over $20,000 per month?
... that after getting drunk and verbally abusing Cap Anson at a baseball game during his off day, Charlie Bartson was released from the Chicago Pirates?
... that Bally's Chicago, a proposed casino resort in Chicago, has a goal of bringing in $200 million in annual tax revenue to fund the city's police and firefighter pension fund?
... that the Chicago Community Bond Fund sought to put itself out of business by eliminating cash bail?
... that Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence Indian National Congress during the British Raj?

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Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, is an American mathematician and social critic who carried out a campaign of bombings and mail bombings, killing three people and wounding 23. Kaczynski was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was considered a genius at a young age. He attended Harvard University, and then the University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics. He later became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, at age 25, but resigned two years later. In 1971, he then moved to a remote cabin in Lincoln, Montana. From 1978 to 1995, Kaczynski sent bombs to targets including universities and airlines. On April 24, 1995, Kaczynski sent a letter to The New York Times, promising "to desist from terrorism" if The New York Times or The Washington Post published his manifesto. In his Industrial Society and Its Future (also called the "Unabomber Manifesto"), he argued that his actions were an extreme but necessary tactic to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technologies requiring large-scale organization. The Unabomber was the target of one of the most expensive investigations in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) history. Before Kaczynski's identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("UNiversity and Airline BOMber") to refer to his case, which resulted in the media calling him the Unabomber. Despite the FBI's efforts, he was not caught as a result of this investigation. Instead, his brother recognized the manifesto and turned him in. To avoid the death penalty, Kaczynski entered into a plea agreement, under which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

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Schulze Baking Company Plant is a factory building located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Washington Park community area. Built in 1914, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982. Originally built for the Schulze Baking Company, it is now the home of the Butternut Bread Company. The building features a terra cotta exterior with ornamentation that pays tribute to Louis Sullivan. In the early 21st Century, the building fell into a state of disrepair.

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"I have struck a city—a real city—and they call it Chicago… Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages." — Rudyard Kipling

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October 13, 2024 – 2024 Chicago Marathon: Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich runs 2:09:56 to break the world record for women's marathon by 1 minute and 57 seconds at the Chicago Marathon. (AP)

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Chicago

History of Chicago: Windy City • 1871 Great Chicago Fire • Haymarket affair • World's Columbian Exposition • Chicago race riot of 1919 • Chicago Board of Trade • McDonald's • Millennium Park • Cook County Democratic Party

Geography: Chicago River • Fort Dearborn • Prairie Avenue • Magnificent Mile • Cook County, Illinois

People: Daniel Burnham • Richard J. Daley • Oprah Winfrey • Al Capone • Barack Obama • Michael Jordan • Jesse Jackson • Aaron Montgomery Ward • Marshall Field • Potter Palmer • Harold Washington • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Landmarks & Tourist Attractions: Chicago Landmarks • Wrigley Field • Buckingham Fountain • Willis Tower • John Hancock Center • Chicago Cultural Center

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...that Ronald Reagan announced his engagement to his first wife, Jane Wyman, at the Chicago Theatre (pictured)?
...that the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, an outdoor bandshell and great lawn, uses an innovative sound system that recreates an indoor concert hall sound experience?
...that the Grant Park Music Festival, a Chicago tradition since its 1931 introduction by Anton Cermak, is America's only remaining free, outdoor concert series featuring classical music?
...that the Chicago City Council revoked the McCarthy Building's Chicago Landmark status to make way for the controversial redevelopment of Chicago's Block 37 in the Chicago Loop?

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