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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports by passenger traffic, and the region is also the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) of any urban region in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018. Chicago's economy is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...)

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SummerSlam 1994 was the seventh annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 29, 1994 at the newly-opened United Center in Chicago, Illinois, which had opened eleven days earlier. The tagline was "So Hot it's Scary". The pay-per-view had two main events. The first featured Owen Hart fighting his brother Bret Hart in a steel cage match. Bret won the match, but the storyline feud escalated after Owen and his brother-in-law Jim Neidhart attacked Bret after the match. The other main event was a match between The Undertaker, the original Undertaker portrayed by Mark Calaway, and Brian Lee, who portrayed a "fake" Undertaker. The original Undertaker won the match, and the impostor did not appear in the WWF again. The undercard featured a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between Diesel and Razor Ramon, which Ramon won to regain the title. The other major angle going into SummerSlam was a feud in which Tatanka accused Lex Luger of joining the Million Dollar Corporation, a stable of heel wrestlers. This storyline turned out to be a swerve, as Tatanka was revealed to have secretly joined the corporation.

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Image 1Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 2Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 3Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 4Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 5Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 6Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction, initially opened in the 1960s (from Chicago)
Image 7WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 8Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 9The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 10Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 11Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 12The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 13People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 14Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 15Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 16When it was opened in 1991, the central Harold Washington Library appeared in Guinness World Records as the largest municipal public library building in the world. (from Chicago)
Image 17Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 18Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 19Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 20Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 21Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 22Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 23Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 24Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 25The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 26Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 27Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop (from Chicago)
Image 28Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 29Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 30Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, North Side (from Chicago)
Image 31O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 32Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 33Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 34The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 35Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011 and other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 36The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 37A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 38The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 39The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 40Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 41Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 42Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 43"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg (from Chicago)
Image 44The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 45Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 46Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 47Daley Plaza and the Chicago Picasso, with City Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, the Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 48A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 49Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 50The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 51An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)

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The discography of Kanye West, an American rapper and singer, includes nine studio albums (including several collaborative albums), two live albums, three video albums, four mixtapes, over 100 singles (including nine collaborative singles and fifty-five as a featured artist), ten promotional singles and eighty-four music videos. In 2003, West collaborated with rapper Twista and singer Jamie Foxx on the song "Slow Jamz", which became West's first single to top the US Billboard Hot 100. West's debut album, The College Dropout, was released in February 2004. The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). West released his second studio album Late Registration in August 2005. It peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 860,000 copies. Late Registration produced five singles, including "Gold Digger", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. The album has sold three million copies and has gained triple-platinum certification from the RIAA. Graduation, West's third album, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and shipped over 957,000 units in its first week, breaking the record set by his previous album. Graduation held the number-one spot on the Billboard 200 for over a month, also reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned five singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Stronger". West's fourth album 808s & Heartbreak was released in November 2008 and became his third consecutive number-one release on the Billboard 200. West released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, his fifth studio album, in November 2010. The album hit number one on the Billboard 200, continuing a streak of number-one albums for West. In 2011, West collaborated with American recording artist Katy Perry on a remix of her song "E.T." which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, marking West's fourth number-one single on the chart. Watch the Throne, a collaboration with Jay-Z, was released as West's sixth studio album in August 2011. Peaking at number one on the Billboard 200, seven singles were released from the album. (Read more...)

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... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?
... that Leander Schnerr survived the Great Chicago Fire and subsequently became the archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey?
... that the Dearborn Street Subway had skip-stop service in 1951 for one morning before it was discontinued?
... that Ruth Scott Miller, the first female music critic for the Chicago Tribune, said she was hired to "write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers'"?
... that the Chicago "L"'s Laflin station had an elevator for caskets?
... that Univision bought a Chicago TV station that wasn't for sale?
... that following a 1964 police raid on a gay bar, Chicago newspapers published the names and personal information of several of those arrested?
... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store?

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John P. Daley is the 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman in Chicago, Illinois, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (11th District), and the Chair of the Cook County Board Audit and Finance Committee. He has previously served in both the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, as well as being employed as a school teacher. He is the son of former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and brother of current Mayor Richard M. Daley, as well as William M. Daley. Unlike his brothers, he continues to live in the neighborhood the family was raised in. Daley is also an insurance broker who earns several hundred thousand dollars a year in this second job. In 2005, the City of Chicago endured a hired truck corruption scandal involving bribe money. The case involved a federal investigation and criminal charges to Daley associates.

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The Washington Square Park, a registered historic landmark that is better known by its nickname Bughouse Square (derived from the slang of bughouse referring to mental health facilities), was the most celebrated open air free-speech center in the country as well as a popular Chicago tourist attraction. It is sometimes referred to as simply Washington Square. It was located across Walton Street from Newberry Library at 901 N. Clark Street in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is Chicago's oldest existing small park. It is one of 4 Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington (Washington Park, Harold Washington Park, Dinah Washington Park). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1991 and the neighboring Washington Square Historic District was later added to the register August 21, 2003. The Washington Square District was declared a Chicago Landmark on May 16, 1991 and Washington Square District Extension was declared a Chicago Landmark on July 10, 2002. A second extension was declared a Chicago Landmark on May 11, 2005.

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"I have struck a city—a real city—and they call it Chicago… Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages." — Rudyard Kipling

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July 15, 2024 –: At least one person is killed and over 400,000 people without power as a derecho impacts the Midwestern United States, with downburst winds exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h) and multiple tornadoes being reported near Chicago. (Fox Weather)
July 4, 2024 – Mass shootings in the United States: Thirty-three people are killed in mass shootings at Fourth of July celebrations, with 11 people killed and 55 others injured in Chicago, Illinois, two people killed and three others injured in Huntington Beach, California, one person killed and six others injured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one person killed and five others injured in Boston, Massachusetts. (AP)

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Chicago

History of Chicago: Windy City • 1871 Great Chicago Fire • Haymarket affair • World's Columbian Exposition • Chicago race riot of 1919 • Chicago Board of Trade • McDonald's • Millennium Park • Cook County Democratic Party

Geography: Chicago River • Fort Dearborn • Prairie Avenue • Magnificent Mile • Cook County, Illinois

People: Daniel Burnham • Richard J. Daley • Oprah Winfrey • Al Capone • Barack Obama • Michael Jordan • Jesse Jackson • Aaron Montgomery Ward • Marshall Field • Potter Palmer • Harold Washington • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Landmarks & Tourist Attractions: Chicago Landmarks • Wrigley Field • Buckingham Fountain • Willis Tower • John Hancock Center • Chicago Cultural Center

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...that Ronald Reagan announced his engagement to his first wife, Jane Wyman, at the Chicago Theatre (pictured)?
...that the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, an outdoor bandshell and great lawn, uses an innovative sound system that recreates an indoor concert hall sound experience?
...that the Grant Park Music Festival, a Chicago tradition since its 1931 introduction by Anton Cermak, is America's only remaining free, outdoor concert series featuring classical music?
...that the Chicago City Council revoked the McCarthy Building's Chicago Landmark status to make way for the controversial redevelopment of Chicago's Block 37 in the Chicago Loop?

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