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Today in History: Labor demonstration in Chicago's Haymarket Square turns deadly
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (287+ words) Today is Monday, May 4, the 124th day of 2026. There are 241 days left in the year. On May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a labor demonstration for an 8-hour workday turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded, killing seven police…...
Park Ridge History Center is holding military history event in recognition of Armed Forces Day in May
1+ week, 6+ day ago (107+ words) The Park Ridge History Center is holding a military history day on May 16 in honor of Armed Forces Day. According to a news release, visitors can relive military history and learn from history fans who will share their knowledge of…...
2 new malaria treatments announced as drug resistance grows
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (764+ words) NEW YORK " Researchers on Wednesday reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria's growing resistance to medication " one involving a new class of drugs. Switzerland-based Novartis released results of what it called a next-generation treatment. A study of its experimental…...
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (973+ words) JERUSALEM " Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass." Bingham is among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors…...
Program about a family's experience with WWII Japanese internment camps and tanaka poetry set in Oak Park
2+ week, 4+ day ago (560+ words) A family's experience with internment during World War II and how traditional Japanese poetry helped them through it will be presented later this month in Oak Park. Writer and editor Nancy Matsumoto will share story of her grandparents, Tomiko and…...
Illinois Holocaust Museum founder Samuel R. Harris, who survived the Holocaust, dies at 90
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (732+ words) As a youngster, Samuel R. Harris survived the Holocaust, making him one of the youngest such survivors of the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Later in life, Harris was behind the creation of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center…...
Cold War involved more than "duck and cover" in Northwest Indiana
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1057+ words) Between the steelmakers, refineries, meatpackers and transportation industries and the heavy population, the Chicago area was considered a primary target during the Cold War. About 30 Nike missile bases ringed the Chicago area. "They were ground to air, so they would…...
Column: World War II vet Richard Williams remembered for poetry and patriotism
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (958+ words) Attempting to condense the life of the late Stanley Richard Williams Jr. in a column is no easy task. For one thing, the longtime Aurora resident who died Jan. 25 just a few months shy of his 100th birthday had lived many…...
Grecia firma acuerdo preliminar para comprar fotos de ejecuciones nazis a la venta en internet
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) Grecia busca obtener las fotos despu's de declararlas parte del patrimonio griego. La ministra de Cultura, Lina Mendoni, anunci" el acuerdo preliminar despu's que expertos visitaran al coleccionista Tim de Craene en B'lgica el viernes y verificaran que las fotos…...
Michael Peregrine: President Dwight D. Eisenhower deserves history's gratitude, not its indifference
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (379+ words) The Interstate Highway System is named after him. The nation's newest memorial honors him. And the fastest path (sometimes) from downtown heading west is an expressway bearing his name. Dwight D. Eisenhower was one of the most consequential American leaders of…...