Jan. 1, 2010 Chicago Tribune
A few Chicagoland happenings from 1960.
FEBRUARY 29th-- On Leap Day, the first Playboy Club opens at 116 E. walnut St.
MAY 1st-- The "exploding scoreboard" debuts at Comiskey Park, setting off a tradition of fireworks for Sox home runs that continues to this day. By the way, the Sox still play in Comiskey as far as I'm concerned.
MAY 2nd-- After 36 years of farm news, country music and "The National Barn Dance," WLS-AM 890 changes format to rock and roll. First song was the Hollywood Argyles' "Alley Oop." My favorite of the Big Two stations I grew up with. The other was WCFL.
JULY 25-28-- The Republican national Convention in Chicago nominate Richard Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., for vp.
NOVEMBER 5th-- The Northwest Expressway opens, three days before the election. Three years later, its name would be changed to the John F. Kennedy Expressway, or JFK.
NOVEMBER 8th-- Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy elected president over Nixon. Many consider this victory due to vote fraud engineered by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and his Democratic Machine. No word, however on red-light detectors, parking meters or senatorships for sale.
WLS News On the Hour. Switch to WCFL for Five Minutes (they had theirs 5 Minutes to the Hour). --Cooter
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