Thursday, March 15, 2012

On Chicago's 175th Birthday-- Part 11

1986 Bears win Super Bowl XX after that great 1985 season.

1988 Lights installed at Wrigley Field (After this and the parking stickers debacle, we largely quit going to Chicago.)

1989 Richard M. Daley, son of the first Daley, elected mayor.

1990 Sox play last game at Comiskey Park. (I was there.)

1991 Bulls win first of six NBA Championships.

1991 The Great Chicago Flood when old freight tunnels under the river collapse.

1994 United Center opens.

2000 T.rex named Sue exhibit opens at Field Museum.

2004 Millenium Park opens, four years late.

2005 Chicago White Sox win their first World Series in 88 years.

2008 First Chicagoan elected president, Barack Obama.

2009 Illinois Goc. Rod Blagojevich impeached and tossed out.

2010 Blackhawks win Stanley Cup.

And, That About Sums It Up. --Cooter

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