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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 finance 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 ten 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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The Chicago 2016 Olympic bid is the attempt by the city of Chicago and the United States—with the support of municipalities in the Tri-state region of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin—to be selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. On April 14, 2007, Chicago was selected as the United States Bid city, and on June 4, 2008, the IOC named Chicago as one of four finalists to host the 2016 Olympic games. The final selection will be made on October 2, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Currently, Chicago's rival cities for the hosting of the Games are Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo, Japan. If Chicago is chosen, the games would be held from July 22 to August 7, with the Paralympics held between August 12 and August 28. The bid plan emphasizes use of Chicago Park District parks to host the games, but other existing facilities such as Soldier Field and McCormick Place will host events. The bid includes a plan for North side, downtown Loop and South Side celebration locations that will have JumboTrons for unticketed visitors. The bid notes that there is a very high concentration of event locations and training facilities in very close proximity to each other and that the majority of event sites are clustered together. Thus, the vast majority of athletes will be close to their competitions.

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

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The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois that plays in the National League Central division. In the history of the franchise, it has also played under the names Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and Chicago Orphans. The Cubs have used 68 different starting pitchers on Opening Day since they first became a Major League team in 1876. The Cubs have a record of 74 wins, 58 losses and 2 ties in their Opening Day games. The Cubs have played at their current home, Wrigley Field, since 1916. They have a record of 22 wins, 20 losses and 1 tie in Opening Day games at Wrigley Field. They had an Opening Day record of six wins, one loss and one tie at their other home ball parks, for a total home record in Opening Day games of 28 wins, 21 losses and 2 ties. Their record in Opening Day away games is 46 wins and 37 losses. Ferguson Jenkins holds the Cubs record for most Opening Day starts with seven, in which his record was two wins, two losses and three no decisions. Larry Corcoran, Clark Griffith, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Charlie Root, Rick Sutcliffe and Carlos Zambrano have each made five Opening Day starts for the Cubs. Zambrano is the Cubs' most recent Opening Day starting pitcher, having made all Opening Day starts since 2005. Five Cubs' Opening Day starting pitchers have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Griffith, Alexander, Jenkins, Al Spalding and John Clarkson. In addition, 300–game winner Greg Maddux was the Cubs' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1992. (Read more...)

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... that a desire to be separated from Chicago has led 33 counties in downstate Illinois to hold referendums on secession?
... that Manny's Deli in Chicago received national recognition for its popularity among politicians, including Barack Obama?
... that from the old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west as California?
... that the Chicago "L"'s Laflin station had an elevator for caskets?
... that both Christian Albright and De'Montre Tuggle were born on the same day, named second-team all-Mid-American Conference in 2020, signed with the Chicago Bears in 2022, and debuted in the CFL in 2023?
... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store?
... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
... that Chicago's tornado siren has been described as creepier than the city's actual tornadoes?

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Morris "Moe" Berg was an American professional baseball player who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he spent 15 seasons in Major League Baseball, Berg was never more than an average player, and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball" than for anything he accomplished in the game. A graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, Berg spoke several languages and regularly read 10 newspapers a day. His reputation was fueled by his successful appearances as a contestant on the radio quiz show Information, Please!. As an agent of the United States government, Berg traveled to Yugoslavia to gather intelligence on resistance groups the government was considering supporting. He was then sent on a mission to Italy, where he interviewed various physicists concerning the German nuclear program.

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The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Great Lake. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 27, 2002. The district includes numerous significant buildings on Michigan Avenue facing Grant Park. In addition, this section of Michigan Avenue includes the point recognized as the end of U.S. Route 66. This district is one of the world's most well known one-sided streets rivalling Fifth Avenue in New York City and Edinburgh's Princes Street. It lies a quarter of a mile south of the Chicago River, Michigan Avenue Bridge and the Magnificent Mile.

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"Being a [Chicago] Cubs fan prepares you for life—and Washington." — Hillary Clinton

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May 29, 2025 –: U.S. president Donald Trump commutes the federal prison sentence of Larry Hoover, the founder of the Chicago street gang Gangster Disciples, who was sentenced to six life sentences on conspiracy, extortion, drug and other criminal charges in the 1990s. (BBC News)

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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 the Arts Club of Chicago (pictured) arose from the success of the Art Institute of Chicago's handling of the Chicago showing of the Armory Show?
...that the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the largest African American parade in the United States?
...the AT&T Corporate Center is the tallest building built in Chicago in the last quarter of the 20th century?
...that Jerrold Wexler helped save a transaction to purchase the Denver Nuggets, helped save Goldblatt's from bankruptcy and led the Drake Hotel to a National Register of Historic Places listing?

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