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Chicago is themost populous city in the U.S. state ofIllinois and in theMidwestern United States. Located on the western shore ofLake Michigan, it is thethird-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the2020 census. TheChicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is thethird-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is theseat ofCook County, thesecond-most populous county in the U.S.

Chicago is an international hub for finance,culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, andtransportation. It has the largest and most diverse financederivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume incommodities andfinancial futures alone.O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among theworld's top ten busiest airports by passenger traffic, and the region is also the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highestgross domestic products (GDP) of any urban region in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018.Chicago's economy isdiverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...)

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TheManhattan Project was the effort, led by theUnited States with participation from theUnited Kingdom andCanada, which led to the development of the firstatomic bomb duringWorld War II. From 1942 to 1946 the project was under the command ofMajor General Leslie R. Groves Jr. of theUS Army Corps of Engineers. The project had its roots in theEinstein–Szilárd letter, which warned thatNazi Germany might develop nuclear weapons. The letter was written by prominent physicists, signed byAlbert Einstein, and delivered toPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt in October 1939. The Manhattan Project, which began as a small research program that year, eventually employed more than 130,000 people at a cost of nearlyUS$2 billion. Research and production took place at more than 30 sites, some secret, including universities across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The three primary research and production sites of the project were theplutonium-production facility at theHanford Site in easternWashington state, theuranium enrichment facilities atOak Ridge, Tennessee, and the weapons research and design laboratory atLos Alamos, New Mexico.Little Boy, the bomb that was eventuallydropped at Hiroshima, was agun-type fission weapon made fromuranium-235, anisotope of uranium that makes up only 0.7% of natural uranium that was produced at Oak Ridge.Fat Man, the more complex plutonium-core bomb dropped atNagasaki, was animplosion-type nuclear weapon that required a concerted design and construction effort from Los Alamos. A plutonium bomb was the first nuclear device ever detonated, at theTrinity test in July 1945.

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Image 1Men outside a soup kitchen during theGreat Depression (1931) (fromChicago)
Image 2Aerial view of theChicago Loop in 2012 (fromChicago)
Image 3TheUniversity of Chicago campus as seen from theMidway Plaisance (fromChicago)
Image 4Jay Pritzker Pavilion (fromChicago)
Image 5Chicago-style hot dog (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 6WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (fromChicago)
Image 7Nature Boardwalk atLincoln Park Zoo on the North Side (fromChicago)
Image 8Community areas of Chicago (fromChicago)
Image 9Protesters inGrant Park outside the1968 Democratic National Convention (fromChicago)
Image 10Court of Honor at theWorld's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (fromChicago)
Image 11Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 12Replica ofDaniel Chester French'sStatue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (fromChicago)
Image 13Aerial view ofNavy Pier located in theStreeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in theMidwestern United States. (fromChicago)
Image 14Ethnic origins in Chicago (fromChicago)
Image 15TheField Museum of Natural History (fromChicago)
Image 16Chicago Theatre (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 17Willie Dixon (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 18Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (fromChicago)
Image 19TheChicago Board of Trade Building (fromChicago)
Image 20TheChicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (fromChicago)
Image 21An artist's rendering of theGreat Chicago Fire of 1871 (fromChicago)
Image 22Flag of Chicago (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 23Home Insurance Building (1885) (fromChicago)
Image 24The Chicago Picasso (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 25Daley Plaza and theChicago Picasso, withCity Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, theDaley Center contains the state law courts. (fromChicago)
Image 26Chicago was home ofThe Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011, and of other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (fromChicago)
Image 27The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 28AnAmtrak train on theEmpire Builder route departs Chicago fromUnion Station. (fromChicago)
Image 29Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (fromChicago)
Image 30The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, withSue the T. rex in the foreground (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 31TraditionalPotawatomi regalia on display at theField Museum of Natural History (fromChicago)
Image 32Buckingham Fountain is located inGrant Park in theLoop. (fromChicago)
Image 33People walking aroundBuckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 34Chicago Half Marathon onLake Shore Drive on the South Side (fromChicago)
Image 35Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (fromChicago)
Image 36TheChicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of theChicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (fromChicago)
Image 37APolish market in Chicago (fromChicago)
Image 38Chicago Theatre (fromChicago)
Image 39Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people:⬤ White⬤ Black⬤ Asian⬤ Hispanic⬤ Other (fromChicago)
Image 40When it was opened in 1991, the centralHarold Washington Library appeared inGuinness World Records as the largest municipal public library building in the world. (fromChicago)
Image 41Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (fromCulture of Chicago)
Image 42Ford Explorer SUV as aChicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (fromChicago)
Image 43Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (fromChicago)
Image 44O'Hare International Airport (fromChicago)
Image 45The Chicago River during theJanuary 2014 cold wave (fromChicago)
Image 46Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (fromChicago)
Image 47Prentice Women's Hospital on theNorthwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (fromChicago)
Image 48A satellite image of Chicago (fromChicago)
Image 49Aerial photo of theJane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction; it initially opened in the 1960s. (fromChicago)
Image 50Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along theChicago River andLake Michigan. (fromChicago)

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This is acomplete list of Chicago Bears head coaches. The head coaches list for theChicago Bears, includes coaches for the Decatur Staleys (1919–1920) and Chicago Staleys (1921), of theNational Football League (NFL). The Bears franchise was founded as theDecatur Staleys, a charter member of the American Professional Football Association. The team moved toChicago in 1921, and changed their name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the American Professional Football Association (APFA) changed its name to the National Football League.

The Chicago Bears have played over one thousand games. In those games, five different coaches have wonNFL championships with the team:George Halas in1921,1933,1940,1941,1946, and1963,Ralph Jones in1932,Hunk Anderson andLuke Johnsos in1943, andMike Ditka in1985. George Halas is the only coach to have more than one tenure and is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, while Ralph Jones leads all coaches in winning percentage with .706. Of the 16 Bears coaches, three have been elected into thePro Football Hall of Fame: George Halas,Paddy Driscoll, and Mike Ditka. Statistics correct as of December 30, 2007, after the end of the2007 NFL season. (Read more...)

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... that all of the walnut decorations in Chicago'sEmil Bach House were sourced from a single tree?
... that theChicago Community Bond Fund sought to put itself out of business by eliminatingcash bail?
... thatDamen, despite being one of the busiest stations on theChicago "L", lacks accessibility for the disabled?
... that fromthe old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west asCalifornia?
... that, in a 15-day span,Hurles Scales was released by theSt. Louis Cardinals, signed by theChicago Bears, released by the Bears, and signed by the Cardinals?
... that tickets of theChicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased forBellwood station at a local drug store?
... that four course records were broken during the2023 Chicago Marathon?
... thatChicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker?

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Carli Anne Lloyd is an American professionalsoccer midfielder who currently plays forWestern New York Flash in theNational Women's Soccer League and theUnited States women's national soccer team. She is a two-timeOlympic gold medalist and scored the gold medal-winning goals in the finals of both the2008 Summer Olympics and the2012 Summer Olympics. She has represented the United States at twoFIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: first at the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in which she helped the U.S. win bronze and at the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in which the U.S. won silver. She has played in over 160 matches for the U.S. national team and scored over 45 goals. Llloyd played professionally for theChicago Red Stars,Sky Blue FC, andAtlanta Beat inWomen's Professional Soccer (WPS). She was allocated to theWestern New York Flash for the inaugural season of theNational Women's Soccer League in 2013 helping the team win the regular season championship.

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Washington Park Court District is aGrand Boulevard community area neighborhood on theSouth Side ofChicago,Illinois. It was designated aChicago Landmark on October 2, 1991. Despite its name, it is not located within either theWashington Park community area or theWashington Park park, but is one block north of both. The district was named for the Park. The district includesrow houses built between 1895 and 1905, with addresses of 4900–4959 South Washington Park Court and 417–439 East 50th Street. Many of the houses share architectural features. The neighborhood was part of the early twentieth centurysegregationist racialcovenant wave that swept Chicago following theGreat Migration. The community area has continued to be almost exclusively African American since the 1930s.

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Dave Grohl at Foo Fighters concert in 2011

"Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America." —Dave Grohl

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November 19, 2025 –Terrorism in the United States,2025 Chicago train attack: Lawrence Reed, alleged to have poured flammable liquid over a 26-year-old woman on aChicago CTA Blue Line train and later set her on fire Monday evening, faces a federal terrorism charge.(NBC News)(Department of Justice)

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Chicago

History of Chicago:Windy City•1871 Great Chicago Fire•Haymarket affair•World's Columbian Exposition•Chicago race riot of 1919 •Chicago Board of Trade •McDonald's•Millennium Park•Cook County Democratic Party

Geography:Chicago River•Fort Dearborn•Prairie Avenue •Magnificent Mile•Cook County, Illinois

People:Daniel Burnham•Richard J. Daley•Oprah Winfrey•Al Capone•Barack Obama•Michael Jordan•Jesse Jackson•Aaron Montgomery Ward•Marshall Field•Potter Palmer•Pope Leo XIV•Harold Washington•Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Landmarks & Tourist Attractions:Chicago Landmarks•Wrigley Field•Buckingham Fountain•Willis Tower•John Hancock Center•Chicago Cultural Center

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...that after the1871 Great Chicago Fire, theLoop Retail Historic District(pictured) wasChicago's premier retailing district until it was replaced by commutersuburbs and theMagnificent Mile?
...thatPatrick Nash helped change the city charter, which called for a special election in the case of death of theChicago Mayor, so that theChicago City Council could appointEdward Joseph Kelly?
...that the mergedRainbow/PUSH is an outgrowth ofJesse Jackson's 1984Presidential campaign and a factional split inOperation Breadbasket, an affiliate of theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference?
...thatUniversity of Chicago Graduate School of Business professorToby Moskowitz won theFischer Black Prize as the top finance researcher under 40 after a 4 year hiatus with no worthy candidates?

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