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Monday, September 7, 2020
September 7, 1948 -- Brach Candy Explosion Kills 15
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Chicago Tribune Photo September 7, 1948 – An explosion and fire rips through a building of the massive Brach Candy plant at 4656 Kinzie Stre...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
March 9, 1948 -- CTA Continues to End Streetcar Operations
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flickr.com/photos/ctaweb March 9, 1948 – The Chicago Transit Authority announces that it will convert four street car lines to bus lin...
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Friday, October 18, 2019
October 18, 1948 -- Karoll's Red Hanger Opens on State Street
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urbanremainschicago.com October 18, 1948 – Precisely at noon Karoll’s Men’s Stores opens its “glamorous new unit at 36 North State Str...
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Saturday, April 21, 2018
April 21, 1948 -- Railroad Fair Begins to Lay Tracks
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April 21, 1948 – A gang of more than a hundred railroad workers begin laying racks form the Illinois Central tr...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
March 10, 1948 -- Municipal Airport Crash Kills a Dozen
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March 10, 1948 – A Delta Airlines plane with nine passengers and a crew of four crashes into a field north of the M...
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