Year after tear in Chicago history.
1935 Mayor Anton Cermak fatally shot in Miami.
1933-34 Century of Progress exposition.
1934 Bank robber John Dillinger shot death outside the Biograph Theater.
1935 Leo Burnett starts Chicago ad agency that will create the Jolly Green Giant and Pillsbury Doughboy and others.
1937 Robert Johnson records "Sweet Home Chicago."
1942 The atomic age begins at the University of Chicago with the first controlled nuclear chain reaction.
1943 Deep dish pizza mecca Pizzeria Uno opens.
1944 Germany's U-505 submarine captured, later to become a major exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
1945 Cubs last trip to the World Series where they lose to Detroit.
How Long! How Long! --Cooter
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