Disco Demolition Night was a baseball promotion on Thursday , July 12 , 1979 , at Comiskey Park in Chicago , Illinois that ended Process_end in a riot Violence .

This opposition was prominent enough that the White Sox , seeking to fill Filling seats at Comiskey Park during a lackluster season , engaged Chicago shock Change_sentiment jock and anti-disco campaigner Steve Dahl for the promotion at the July 12 doubleheader .

Chicago DJ Steve Dahl played Self_motion Maloney 's tape on his 26 March 2010 podcast .

In response , the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago and the Victoreen Instrument Company in Cleveland developed Coming_to_be portable radiation detection devices suitable for use in the field .

The Collingwood Manor Massacre Killing , is the name Name_conferral that was given Giving to a notorious hit put out on three Chicago gunmen by the notorious Purple Gang on September 16 , 1931 .

The conflict Hostile_encounter began Process_start in Pullman , Chicago , on May 11 when nearly 4,000 factory employees of the Pullman Company began Process_start a wildcat strike Attack in response to recent reductions in wages .

Most of the factory workers who built Pullman cars lived in the `` company town '' of Pullman on the South Side of Chicago , Illinois .

It had already landed Self_motion in Cleveland and was headed Self_motion to its next stop in Chicago when it exploded Destroying en route .

Professor Michael Sells of the University of Chicago concluded Process_end that they were carried out Action to erase Emptying the cultural history of the Bosniak people of Bijeljina .

These are the minds most interesting to us , the minds most capable of emerging Coming_to_be from and quickly returning Arriving to their lightlessness , if only to be briefly met Come_together by a niche appreciation ... The fest Social_event is designed Creating to highlight Statement the creative efforts of Louisville natives , friends , family , and fellow thinkers from Nashville to Chicago to Brooklyn and beyond . ''

It has been the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO ) since 1936 .

The Haymarket Affair Catastrophe ( also known as the Haymarket Massacre Killing , Haymarket Riot Violence , or Haymarket Square Riot Violence ) was the aftermath of a bombing Attack that took place Process_start at a labor demonstration Protest on May 4 , 1886 , at Haymarket Square in Chicago .

According to labor studies professor William J. Adelman : The site of the incident Catastrophe was designated Choosing a Chicago landmark in 1992 , and a sculpture Create_artwork was dedicated Giving there in 2004 .

The Chicago race riot Violence of 1919 was a violent Violence racial conflict Violence provoked Causation by white Americans against black Americans that began Process_start on the South Side of Chicago , Illinois on July 27 , and ended Process_end on August 3 , 1919 .

The Chicago race riot Violence of 1919 was a violent Violence racial conflict Violence provoked Causation by white Americans against black Americans that began Process_start on the South Side of Chicago , Illinois on July 27 , and ended Process_end on August 3 , 1919 .

In early 1919 , the sociopolitical atmosphere of Chicago around and near its rapidly growing Cause_to_make_progress black community was one of ethnic tension caused Causation by competition Competition among new groups , an economic slump , and the social changes Change engendered by World War Hostile_encounter I .

With the Great Migration Motion , thousands of African Americans from the American South had settled Statement next to neighborhoods of European immigrants on Chicago 's South Side , near jobs in the stockyards , meatpacking plants , and industry .

William Hale Thompson was the Mayor of Chicago during the riot Violence , and a game Competition of brinksmanship with Illinois Governor Frank Lowden may have exacerbated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the riot Violence since Thompson refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to ask Request Lowden to send Sending in the Illinois National Guard for four days , despite Lowden having ensured Preventing_or_letting that the guardsmen were called up , organized Arranging in Chicago 's armories and made Action ready GetReady to intervene .

William Hale Thompson was the Mayor of Chicago during the riot Violence , and a game Competition of brinksmanship with Illinois Governor Frank Lowden may have exacerbated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the riot Violence since Thompson refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to ask Request Lowden to send Sending in the Illinois National Guard for four days , despite Lowden having ensured Preventing_or_letting that the guardsmen were called up , organized Arranging in Chicago 's armories and made Action ready GetReady to intervene .

Sections of the Chicago economy were shut down Being_in_operation for several days during and after the riots Violence , since plants Placing were closed Being_in_operation to avoid Preventing_or_letting interaction among bickering groups .

Continental Airlines Flight 12 , is a scheduled Hold domestic passenger flight that on July 1 , 1965 was operated Being_in_operation by a Boeing 707 jet liner , registration from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport with an intermediate at Kansas City Downtown Airport .

The 2006 Gay Games ( Gay Games VII ) , colloquially called Name_conferral the Chicago Gaymes , was part of a family of international sports Competition and cultural festivals called Name_conferral Gay Games , sanctioned by the Federation of Gay Games and organized Arranging by the gay , lesbian , bisexual , transgender community of the host Social_event city of Chicago , Illinois in the United States .

The 2006 Gay Games ( Gay Games VII ) , colloquially called Name_conferral the Chicago Gaymes , was part of a family of international sports Competition and cultural festivals called Name_conferral Gay Games , sanctioned by the Federation of Gay Games and organized Arranging by the gay , lesbian , bisexual , transgender community of the host Social_event city of Chicago , Illinois in the United States .

Actual athletic events were played Participation in venues scattered throughout Chicago and its suburbs , all participating Participation in the Gay Games Competition through special permissive votes in their respective town or village councils .

Media relationships were created Creating with the Chicago Sun-Times , `` The New York Times '' , ChicagoPride.com and the National Broadcasting Company .

They also played Participation 3 sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in their hometown of New York City , and multiple nights in several other cities , including San Antonio ; Landover , Maryland ; Chicago ; Detroit ; and Providence , Rhode Island .

It was the second-deadliest single-building fire Catastrophe in American history ; only the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire Catastrophe in Chicago had a higher death Death toll , of 602 .

The 2006 immigration protests Preventing_or_letting were a series of demonstrations Protest that began Process_start in Chicago and continued throughout major cities nationwide for a period of eight weeks .

The first major demonstration Protest in Chicago was held Hold on March 10 , 2006 , and was estimated to have about 100,000 participants Participation .

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft , registration which crashed Catastrophe on take-off from Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport September 17 , 1961 .

Flight 706 began Process_start its day in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , and was scheduled Arranging to stop Self_motion at Chicago before travelling Self_motion to Tampa , Fort Lauderdale , and Miami , Florida .

It arrived at Arriving Chicago in the early morning and left Departing soon afterwards , being cleared Emptying for takeoff at 8:55 AM .

The Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual summer music festival Social_event organized Arranging by Pitchfork Media and held in Union Park in Chicago , Illinois .

The Pitchfork Festival also hosts a record fair that is organized Arranging and managed Control by CHIRP Radio , a Chicago community radio station .

Twenty-six musicians and groups performed Hold at the festival , including Chuck Berry , Black Snake , Tim Buckley , The Byrds , Chicago Transit Authority , Albert Collins , Crome Syrcus , Bo Diddley , The Doors , Floating Bridge , The Flock , The Flying Burrito Brothers , The Guess Who , It 's a Beautiful Day , Led Zeppelin , Charles Lloyd , Lonnie Mack , Lee Michaels , Rockin Fu , Murray Roman , Santana , Spirit , Ten Years After , Ike & Tina Turner , Vanilla Fudge , Alice Cooper and The Youngbloods .

The Chicago Marathon Competition is a marathon held every October in Chicago , Illinois .

The Chicago Marathon Competition is a marathon held every October in Chicago , Illinois .

The Chicago Marathon Competition is the fourth-largest race by number of finishers worldwide .

Flight 2 was en route from Seattle , Washington to Chicago , Illinois , with intermediate stops at Spokane , Washington , Butte , Montana , and Billings , Montana .

The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion Attack that occurred Coming_to_be on July 17 , 1944 , at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago , California , United States .

The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion Attack that occurred Coming_to_be on July 17 , 1944 , at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago , California , United States .

The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion Attack that occurred Coming_to_be on July 17 , 1944 , at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago , California , United States .

A month later , unsafe conditions inspired Causation hundreds of servicemen to refuse Agree_or_refuse_to_act to load munitions , an act known as the Port Chicago Mutiny .

Fifty mencalled the `` Port Chicago 50 '' were convicted Legal_rulings of mutiny and sentenced Legal_rulings to 15 years of prison and hard labor , as well as a dishonorable discharge .

In 1994 , the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial was dedicated Giving to the lives lost in the disaster .

The first leg of the tour Traveling visited Traveling other major cities of Chicago , El Centro , Denver , Dallas , and ending Process_end in Houston , TX .

American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated Being_in_operation by American Airlines from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago , Illinois , to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles , California .

The incident – together with the Port Chicago disaster two months later – led to Causation major changes in weapon handling practices within the United States Navy .

This was the first census Scrutiny since 1890 in which Chicago was not the second-largest city , having been overtaken by Los Angeles .

On February 13 , 2013 , after already announcing Expressing_publicly the postponement Change_event_time of shows in Chicago , Detroit , and Hamilton two days earlier due to an injury Bodily_harm , Live Nation and Lady Gaga announced Expressing_publicly the cancellation Removing of the remaining concert dates due to the singer 's development of a break and a labral tear of the right hip caused Causation by strenuous repetitive movements involved Cause_to_be_included in the shows .