Here’s a look at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 17, according to Tribune archives.
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(Not on page) Flashback on first page: January 17, 1970
1970: In the name of art, about 100 people gathered in the parking lot at Ontario and St. Clair streets to watch a cement mixer pour 18 tons of fresh concrete on top of a Cadillac sedan. It was the work of Wolf Vostel from Germany.
Fostell chose a Cadillac as “the epitome of American automobiles” and then poured concrete over it as a symbol of traffic congestion. He also encased another car in concrete 12 years ago, his family’s car.
Today it is located in the parking garage of the University of Chicago’s North Campus.
Weather records (from National Weather Service, Chicago)
- Temperature rise: 60 degrees (1894)
- Low temperature: -23 degrees (1982)
- precipitation: 0.70 inch (1910)
- Snowfall: 4.9 inches (1970)
1920: The ban has begun at midnight and continued until December 5, 1933.
“At least half of the 1,000,000 gallons of Hard Laker reported to be stored in Chicago on July 1 are still here,” the Tribune reported. “And here you are.”
The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, or the importation into, or exportation of, of the United States and all territories subject to its jurisdiction for the purposes of liquor.”
The Tribune opposed the “noble experiment”, describing it as interfering in people’s lives and benefiting smugglers and corrupt government officials.
1962: A giant black-and-white passenger terminal — actually two separate 75-foot-tall buildings connected by a not-yet-functional circular restaurant — opened to the public at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport a day after Mayor Richard J. Daley toured it.
“We now have the largest concentration of transportation facilities in the world,” he said. “We’re No. 1 in rail, in aviation, in trucking, in bus traffic, and the Great Lakes are now the high seas.”
O’Hare International Airport: From Farm to Global Terminal
Passengers — including those on a United Airlines DC-8 plane that mistakenly arrived at the new terminal before it was fully operational — can walk from the plane to the terminal via a covered ramp without exiting.
1964: Michelle Lavonne Robinson was born to Fraser Robinson III and Marian at Provident Hospital. She was the third First Lady born in Chicago after Betty Ford (1918) and Hillary Clinton (1947), according to the National First Ladies Library.
1980: The official website for recording weather in the city change From Chicago Midway Airport to O’Hare International Airport. However, weather forecasters still look at readings at Midway for comparison.
1994: Former child stars Danny Bonaduce and Donny Osmond took part in a charity boxing match at the China Club. The idea began on Jonathan Brandmeier’s WLUP-FM radio show when Brandmeier urged the two to get into the ring after he saw Osmond Bonaduce working out at a local gym and teased him.
A Split decision In Bonaduce’s favor for a bout that was too close to call, it sparked a nasty post-fight encounter. A furious Osmond wanted a decisive fourth round.
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