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November 25, 1916. ( 1916-11-25) Architect. Fred Prather. Website. Venue Website. Park West (originally the Lane Court Theatre) is a concert venue located in Chicago, Illinois. The theater opened in 1916 as a vaudeville and movie theater by the Ascher Brothers. Currently, it can house up to 1,000 guests in a general admission setting.
Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of State (2023–present), 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Illinois, Illinois State Treasurer (2007–2011) [227] Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin Secretary of State (2023–present), Wisconsin State Treasurer (2019–2023) [168] Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State (2019–present) [58]
The Central Park Five, a group of Black and Latino men who were wrongly accused of assaulting a white female jogger in 1989, bashed Trump on stage. The former president had bought out full-page ...
Chicago leaders rejected their requests for permits to protest near United Center on the city’s West Side, where the convention is taking place, offering instead a lakefront park more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) away. Later, the city agreed to allow demonstrations at a park and a march route closer to the United Center.
Stinney, a 14-year-old African-American, was convicted of the first-degree murder of two pre-teen white girls: Betty June Binnicker (11) and Mary Emma Thames (8). No physical evidence existed in the case, and the sole evidence against Stinney was the circumstantial fact that the girls had spoken with Stinney and his sister shortly before their ...
At the northwest corner of Kent & Park Streets in City Park in downtown Streator, Illinois is a statue to Reuben Soderstrom (1888–1970), erected and dedicated on Labor Day 2012. Soderstrom, born in Minnesota to immigrant Swedish parents, was an Illinois state representative, elected as a Republican, from 1918 to 1936.
Since April 11, 2022, US Passports have given the sex/gender options of male, female and X by self determination. [105] Intersex people in the United States have some of the same rights as others but with significant gaps, particularly in protection from non-consensual cosmetic medical interventions, violence, and discrimination.
Northern Illinois University (NIU) is located in DeKalb, 65 miles (105 km) to the west on Interstate 88. On September 1, 2007, NIU faced the University of Iowa in the first Division I College Football game at Soldier Field since the 2002 renovations.