1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...

This abandoned area in Illinois once had a particular use that made it easier for people to make calls globally. Now, it's an ...

1913: Women in Illinois were successful in gaining partial suffrage. They became the first women east of the Mississippi ...