1964: Five weeks before Election Day, Republican Cook County Sheriff and future Illinois Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie said there may be as many as 150,000 “ghost voters” on Chicago election rolls and ...
1931 White Sox founder and owner Charles Comiskey died in his home in Eagle River, Wis. He left his entire estate to his son, ...
Chick Gandil clocked the first two-run homer in Comiskey Park history, a two-run shot in the seventh inning of a 6-0 whitewash of Boston. Gandil’s fourth-inning clout came off of former White Sox ace ...
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Two seasons later, as a Cub, he ...