1947 First parking meters installed
1948 Launch of Chicago Sun-Times and WGN-TV.
1949 Municipal Airport renamed Midway. Orchard Field renamed O'Hare.
1950 Chess Records founded.
1951 Edens Expressway (first in Chicago) opens.
1953 First issue of Playboy magazine is produced in Hugh Hefner's Hyde Park apartment.
1955 Richard J. Daley elected mayor.
1958 Our Lady of Angels school fire kills 95.
1959 The Second City Improv group opens its Wells Street theater.
1962 Robert Taylor Homes public housing development opens.
1963 Northwest Expressway renamed for slain President John F. Kennedy.
Some Interesting History. A Story In Every Fact. --Cooter
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