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  2. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The location of the fair was decided through several rounds of voting by the United States House of Representatives. The first ballot showed Chicago with a large lead over New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C., but short of a majority. Chicago broke the 154-vote majority threshold on the eighth ballot, receiving 157 votes to New York's 107. [11]

  3. Jerrold Mundis - Wikipedia

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    Mundis was born March 3, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois.He was the son of Dolores Mundis of Bethesda, Maryland, and James M. Mundis, a Kansas native and WWII Navy veteran. His father was a journalist and public relations director who worked for AT&T as its director of news and public relations before retiring in the early 1980s.

  4. Andrew Greeley - Wikipedia

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    Andrew M. Greeley (February 5, 1928 – May 29, 2013) was an American Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and popular novelist.He was a professor of sociology at the University of Arizona and the University of Chicago, and a research associate with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC).

  5. Wrigley Field renovations - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, 11 of the 13 roofs settled with the club, agreeing to pay 17% of gross revenue in exchange for official recognition through 2023. [8] With the Cubs and the rooftop owners reaching agreement, many of the facilities erected permanent seating structures.

  6. Jane Collective - Wikipedia

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    The Jane Collective or Jane, officially known as the Abortion Counseling Service of Women's Liberation, was an underground service in Chicago, Illinois affiliated with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union that operated from 1969 to 1973, a time when abortion was illegal in most of the United States.

  7. 2024 Republican National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the venue of the convention's general sessions. The 2024 Republican National Convention was an event in which delegates of the United States Republican Party selected the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. [2]

  8. 2024 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    United Center, the convention venue (photographed in 2014). The 2024 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party voted on their party platform and ceremonially reported their vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and her chosen running mate Governor Tim Walz for vice president in the 2024 ...

  9. All Out (2024) - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 All Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the sixth annual All Out event and took place on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the Now Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. This marked the event's fourth edition at the venue, after 2019, 2021, and 2022.