Chicago
City
Largest city of the US Midwest, on Lake Michigan, a rail and industrial hub since the 19th century.
Held by
- since 1789 United States
Events here 12
- August 15, 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn
- August 29, 1821 Treaty of Chicago
- October 8–10, 1871 Great Chicago Fire
- May 4, 1886 Haymarket affair
- May 1 – October 30, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
- 1894 – July 20, 1894 Pullman Strike
- December 30, 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire
- February 14, 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
- 1933 Century of Progress
- December 7, 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation
- 1965 – 1967 Chicago Freedom Movement
- May 20–21, 2012 2012 Chicago NATO summit