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The On This Day in American history book series provides readers with fascinating facts, anecdotes, and historical vignettes, day by day. Discover when Chicago opened the first blood bank, honor the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s contributions to World War I, and join Steve Jobs for the founding ceremony of Apple, Inc. in California. From the birth of the Cotton bowl to the day a powerful storm left Memphis covered in snakes, learn new history with these On This Day books, 365 days of the year! 
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On This Day in Chicago History
On This Day in Chicago History
$14.99

On This Day in Chicago History

9781626192539

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Join John R. Schmidt on a day-by-day look at some of Chicago's most fascinating lesser-known events.


Think you know Chicago? If you are thinking of Al Capone, the L, the Cubs, Barack Obama or the Great Fire of 1871, then you are remembering the highlights from the tour bus. Here's the rest of the story, day by day. Chicago opened the first blood bank, invented the vacuum cleaner and sent a bowling ball around the world. One high school football game drew 120,000 people. Chicagoans fought nineteen years over the name of a street. For fifty years, they saved a gallows for an escaped killer. And those are just some of the stories...

On This Day in Chicago History