However, the service was extended in July 1919, connecting New York, Chicago, and Cleveland. Finally in 1920, a full transcontinental air route was established connecting Chicago to Omaha, and Omaha to San Francisco (with many intermediate stops). [5-19] Many of the war surplus planes ended ...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected Thursday as the first American pope. Here’s what to know about him and his new papal name, Leo XIV. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton May 8, 2025 Cardinal Prevost, First American Pope The world has a new pontiff, and Trump has his first...
Estimates from the time have as many as 25-thousand people marched and enjoyed a picnic afterward. Since Labor Day was not yet a holiday, many of those attending gave up a day’s pay to participate. If you have never heard of him, or his affiliation with the creation of Labor Day, yo...
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper has remarked that AFC will provide the unity of command and purpose needed toreduce the requirements definition phase from 60 months to 12 months.[225][25][54]A simple statement of a problem (rather than a full-blown requirements definition) that the Army is...
In the case of Illinois, the state has its own bully-boy, Donald Trump wanna-be master of the universe in the state house. Governor J. B. Pritzker is the entitled scion of a brass knuckled family of Chicago business speculators who is used to getting his way, and has decided that it...
Being killed in a plane crash Take a deep breath and board that plane with confidence: Your chances of being killed in an airplane crash, based on population size and average rate of flying, are only 1 in 11 million. There were 40 airplane accidents in 2020, five of which were fatal, ...
1942: Born in Chicago Harrison Ford was born to parents Dorothy and John William Ford on July 13, 1942. His mother was a former radio actress. Ford is of Irish Catholic and Jewish descent and once joked in an interview, "As a man, I've always felt Irish; as an actor, I've always...
The “Boots” in “Walgreens Boots Alliance” refers to a major pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland; in the United States, the company operates Walgreens and Duane Reade retail pharmacy stores. Walgreens began in 1901 as a single Chicago store run by Charles R. Walgreen. The co...