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Jane Addams as a young woman, undated studio portrait by Cox, Chicago Birthplace of Jane Addams in Cedarville, Illinois. Source Addams: Twenty Years at Hull House (1910), in the public domain. Born in Cedarville, Illinois , [ 18 ] Jane Addams was the youngest of eight children born into a prosperous northern Illinois family of English-American ...
Cetera's brother, Kenny, performed background vocals on Chicago 17, [9] [10] and was also added as a touring percussionist and background singer after its release in 1984. [11] Despite renewed commercial success for the group, Cetera left Chicago in July 1985 to focus on his solo career. [12] Pinnick left around the same time. [1]
Acks was born, attended high school and college in Illinois. [10] Valdas Adamkus (1926–living), president of Lithuania 1998–2009. Lived in Illinois for a number of years after emigrating to the United States from Lithuania, getting a college degree and entering Chicago politics. [11] Mike Adamle, NFL and Northwestern running back, TV ...
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970 as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
Died. April 21, 2009. (2009-04-21) (aged 83) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. Known for. Photography. Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and ...
May 27, 1970. President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor. Born and worked in Chicago. [ 2 ] Saul Alinsky. Jan 30, 1909. Jun 12, 1972. Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. Born in Chicago.
Their first dance hall project was the 1922 Trianon Ballroom in Chicago designed by renowned theater architects Rapp & Rapp. With hopes of duplicating the success of the Trianon, the brothers opened the Aragon on July 15, 1926, once again turning to movie theater experts for building design.
Raquel Welch. Jo Raquel Welch ( née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One ...