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The Chicago native is a 1984 graduate of Mount Carmel High School. [2] Pappas was selected by the California Angels as the 6th overall pick in the first round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. [3] He made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs on April 19, 1991, at the age of 24. [1] He appeared in 8 games for the Cubs during the ...
On June 29, 2003, an overloaded balcony collapsed during a party in a Chicago, Illinois apartment building, killing thirteen people and seriously injuring fifty-seven others. It was the deadliest porch collapse in American history. The ensuing investigation was highly critical of the way the balcony was built, finding a large number of errors ...
Southeast Chicago Observer. Southeast Chicago Observer was a semi-monthly newspaper published on Wednesdays by the Southeast Chicago Development Commission (SEDCOM), a community development organization operating in the Southeast Side of Chicago. The newspaper covered the Bush, South Chicago, East Side and Hegewisch neighborhoods.
United States. State (s) Illinois. Date apprehended. November 5, 1982. The Ripper Crew or the Chicago Rippers was an organized crime group of serial killers, cannibals, rapists, and necrophiles. The group composed of Robin Gecht [1] and three associates: Edward Spreitzer, and brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis. [2]
Maria Pappas is a Greek American attorney and politician who has served as the Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Prior to that, she served two terms on the Cook County Board of Commissioners ; first as one of ten members elected from Chicago and then, after the board moved to single-member constituencies, as the member from the 10th district .
The East Village Historic District is a historic district in the East Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district is primarily residential and includes the oldest portions of the neighborhood. German immigrants and German Americans settled and developed the district from 1870 to 1920. Settlers were drawn to the area due to its ...
The theatre was owned and built by Robert E. Ricksen and Frank Gazzolo. Ricksen and Gazzolo operated the Crown and Imperial theaters as well. Costing $300,000 to construct it was equipped with every luxury. (Source: September 14, 1912 Billboard publication) In 1983 The Vic was purchased by Walt Klein who spent several million restoring it.
The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire of 1934 was the second-most destructive fire in the city's history, after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in terms of property damage and buildings lost. The Union Stock Yards of Chicago , Illinois in the United States were, at the time, the commercial butchering and meatpacking center of the Midwest .
The 1922 Chicago Bears season was their third regular season completed in the National Football League, which changed its name from the APFA, and the first under the new franchise name. The team changed the name from Staleys to Bears because Halas wanted his football franchise's nickname to reflect that of the team whose field he used, that ...
The 1973 Chicago Bears season was their 54th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 3–11 record, the second worst showing in franchise history until 43 years later in 2016, when the team finished 3–13.