844 people drowned aboard the Eastland in the Chicago River

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844 people drowned aboard the Eastland in the Chicago River

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Here is an overview of what happened in the Chicago region on July 24, according to the tribune archives.

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Here are the hottest days of Chicago – with temperatures of 100 degrees or more – on the backrest

Meteorological files (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

High temperature: 105 degrees (1934)
Low temperature: 53 degrees (2000)
Precipitation: 3.64 inches (2010)
Snowfall: Trace (1911)

A victim is transported to the SS Eastland while the steam boat is located in the Chicago river after having slowly strengthened and drowning 844 people on July 24, 1915. (Historical photo of Chicago Tribune) — A victim is transported to the SS Eastland while the steam boat is located in the Chicago river after its return. More than 800 drowned on July 24, 1915. (Historical photo of Chicago Tribune)

1915: The SS Eastland – full of employees of Western Electric Co. and their families for a day trip to Michigan City, Indiana – rolled alongside it in the Chicago river between Lasalle Drive and Clark Street. More than 840 people from the 2,500 on board are dead, many of them trapped inside the ship while the water spilled when the ship switch just a few meters from the shore.

The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue where Dillinger was killed by FBI bullets in 1934. (Historical photo of Chicago Tribune) — The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue where John Dillinger was killed by FBI bullets in 1934. (Historical photo of the Chicago Tribune)

1934: Chicago recorded its hottest temperature – 105 degrees.

Sid Luckman, on the right, shakes hands with the owner of the Bears de Chicago, George Halas, after having signed a two -year contract with the Bears in July 1939. Luckman broke out another smile later when he was informed that he had been elected to a place in the Stars of the Tribune team. (Historical photo of Chicago Tribune) — Sid Luckman, on the right, shakes hands with the owner of the Bears de Chicago, George Halas, after having signed a two -year contract with the Bears in July 1939. Luckman broke out another smile later when he was informed that he had been elected to the team of stars of the Tribune. (Historical photo of Chicago Tribune)

1939: The half-back of the University of Columbia and the future temple of renown Sid Luckman signed his first contract with the Bears in Chicago after being selected by the team with the second choice of the 1939 NFL draft.

The Brooklyn native of 6 feet and 197 pounds was elected five times to the first All-Pro team in the 1940s.

The Bears have won nine championships in 99 years of history. Luckman was a quarter of four of them, in 1940, 1941, 1943 and 1946. In 1943, he won the Joe F. Carr trophy as the most precious player in the NFL. He was elected to the temple of renown of professional football in 1965.

The dark secret behind the success of Sid Luckman, the largest quarter of the Bears of all time

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