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Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Abraham Lincoln’s letters to the Chicago Tribune, Jeff Tweedy’s solo debut album, Michael Jordan’s first NBA appearance, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the city’s official Ferris Bueller Day, the taping of the final Bozo show, the debut of the Butterfinger candy bar, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Bob Sirott, to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Al Piemonte Ford’s memorable TV ads from the 80s, Marriott’s Great America’s Memorial Day weekend grand opening, and Leaf Brands candy company.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Abraham Lincoln’s Republican nomination, the launch of White Hen Pantry, the very first Oscar win, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Lester Holt’s Chicago debut, Oprah’s final show, the release of a Smashing Pumpkins hit, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the debut of The Blues Brothers on SNL, the draft pick that shocked Bears fans in 2017, the Chicago Women’s Fair, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the reveal of Al Capone’s vault, the Bears’ draft pick of 1975, and the debut of the Grand Prize Game on “Bozo’s Circus.”
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include WGN TV’s first Cubs broadcast, Harry Caray’s celebrity substitute, the passing of Mike Royko, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the birth of Thillens Stadium, the opening of McDonald’s in Des Plaines, the election of Harold Washington, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the first Cubs game without Harry Caray, the destruction of Meigs Field, how Pac-Man became popular, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Chicago’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade, an update in Operation Silver Shovel, and the introduction of Portillo’s chocolate cake.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the dyeing of the Chicago River, the introduction of the brownie at the Chicago World’s Fair, the birth of Common, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the invention of the pizza puff, Walter Payton’s lost Super Bowl ring, Daryl Hannah’s big break, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include when Chicago hosted the World’s Fair, the return of Malört to Chicago bars, the first public knowledge of Atomic Cake, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the invention of the Chinese takeout box, Quincy Jones’ performance with Elvis Presley, how the name “March Madness” was conceived, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Harrison Ford’s big break, the birth of Chris Farley, the reopening of Fluky’s, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the Lane Bryant murders of 2008, the discovery of Tom Skilling’s passion for meteorology, Chef Art Smith’s big break, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the Bears’ 1986 Super Bowl win, the Shedd Aquarium’s opening day, David Schwimmer’s jobs in Chicago before his big break, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include when the Blue Man Group debuted in Chicago, Betty White’s birthday, when Zum Deutschen Eck closed its doors, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the record snowstorm in 1979, the discontinuing of green stamps at Wieboldt’s stores, Harry Caray’s salary disagreement, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the opening of Chicago’s first public library, the first use of the radar gun on the Edens expressway, the Bears’ “double doink” game, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the 90th anniversary of the Billy Goat Tavern, the death of Mayor Daley, the history of Holiday Hills, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the 65th anniversary of Second City, Mavis Staples’ birthday, Gale Sayers’ NFL record, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include when Thanksgiving became a national holiday, the release of ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the Thanksgiving Day football game tradition, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the demolition of Harpo Studios, the first Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, the opening of C.D. Peacock in the Palmer House, and more
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the addition of sea lions to Lincoln Park Zoo, Muddy Waters and Mick Jagger at the Checkerboard Lounge, the premiere of “Hoop Dreams,” and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the history behind Cermak Road, the filming of Wayne’s World in Aurora, and the parakeets of Hyde Park.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include former President Barack Obama’s appearance with Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney’s final public appearance, Mike Ditka’s birthday, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include rumors about how the Great Chicago Fire really started, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Jimmy Buffet’s rendition of the National Anthem at Wrigley Field, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include when Portillo’s first went public, the stepping down of Lincoln Park Zoo Director Dr. Lester Fisher, Ronald Reagan’s first ceremonial pitch at Wrigley Field, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the Smashing Pumpkins’ very first concert, the unveiling of Wacker Drive, the birth of the Chicago Marathon, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. The Cubs broke a 50 year dry spell of qualifying for postseason in 2010, Bill Murray debuts his “Nick the Lounge Singer” character in 1975, and Card Against Humanity is born in 2010.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Among this week’s throwback reports, we look back at a some very enthusiastic Bears and Rolling Stones fans, the fabled 2008 no-hitter from Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano against the Houston Astros, and the launch of Vitner’s Potato […]
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. We remember Todd Beamer and the heroics of others on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11. Later on, we look back at Milt Pappas’ near-perfect game, The Beatles 1st show in Chicago, and more!
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. We look back at Soldier Field’s anniversary, The Tully Monster, Summer of 1966, and Cubs history!
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Bob Sirott, to share what happened this week in Chicago history. The Buckinghams’ Carl Giammarese celebrates a birthday and we celebrate the origins of Tootsie Roll and the once infamous Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include a gorilla who saved a young boy at Brookfield Zoo, the beginnings of Ribfest, the debut of butterscotch discs by Brach’s Candies, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to hare what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the beginnings of Lollapalooza, the creation of Ricobene’s famous breaded steak sandwich, how Harry Caray became a spokesperson for Budweiser, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Joan Rivers’ debut at The Second City, Secretariat’s appearance at the Arlington racetrack, Chicago’s tsunami, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include how Chicago played a role in OJ Simpson’s murder case, Michael Jordan winning on Father’s Day, the debut of D’Amato’s Bakery, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the founding for World’s Finest Chocolate, the finalized plans for the Sears Tower, the opening of the Field Museum, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include a rumble between Mike Royko and Frank Sinatra, the invention of the vending machine, the “perfect murder,” the Blackhawks setting an NHL Stanley Cup Playoff record with 11 consecutive wins, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Kerry Wood’s final game, Chicago’s first cemetery, the debut of the Red Solo Cup, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the opening of the Adler Planetarium, the crash of Flight #191 at O’Hare, Toucan Sam’s debut, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the celebration of Mother’s Day, the cicada invasion of 1803, the death of H. H. Holmes, and more.
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the swearing in of Richard M. Daley, Ravinia’s beginnings, the debut of Bunny Bread, and more. Sponsored by UChicago Medicine
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Stephen Colbert’s big break, the opening of Al Capone’s vault, the filming of ‘The Dark Knight,’ and more. Sponsored by UChicago Medicine
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the debut of ‘Good Times,’ the Cubs’ first day at Weeghman Park, Houdini’s failed trick, and more. Sponsored by UChicago Medicine
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include Mayor Daley’s decision to destroy Meigs Field, Billy Corgan’s song about Chicago, the birth of Marilu Henner, and more. Sponsored by UChicago Medicine
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the dedication of the Ernie Banks statue at Wrigley Field, the launch of the first all-female baseball team, the parking meter deal that was not released, Chicago’s first sponsored radio broadcast, and more. Sponsored by […]