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1933: Twenty-four seaplanes, led by Italian Gen. Italo Balbo, landed on Lake Michigan near Chicago’s Navy Pier for the ...
Navy Pier, of course, is a lot more than 30 years old. It first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916 — 109 years ago. But before ...
On July 12, 1995, the ribbon was cut for Navy Pier as it reopened as a top tourist destination. Christine Doyle reports on ...
Thousands of film-lovers flocked to the internet as the clock struck midnight on Thursday when tickets to IMAX 70mm showings ...
Around the area in the next few days, Chicago Gospel Music Festival is in Millennium Park, Chance the Rapper hosts Chicago ...
Navy Pier — one of the most popular places in Chicago to see summer fireworks — won't hold a Fourth of July show.
Fireworks displays are expected to light up Chicago-area skies for the Fourth of July, but one of the region's most popular ...
John Branscomb, who was killed at Navy Pier over the weekend, loved painting, music, politics and travel. But mostly he loved Chicago, his brother said Tuesday. “We lost a good one,” Stanley Branscomb ...
A 27-year-old woman was pulled out of the water near Navy Pier around 5:30 p.m., and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
A man is in custody after a disagreement at Navy Pier Sunday led to the fatal stabbing of a 56-year-old man, according to ...
A man who was arrested after an argument turned deadly at Navy Pier has been released without charges, police announced Tuesday.
A 56-year-old male victim was in a verbal altercation with a 64-year-old male offender at Navy Pier on Sunday. The altercation turned physical, and the offender pulled out a sharp object and stabbed ...