Sue the T. rex heads to the Field Museum after $8M auction purchase

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Sue the T. rex heads to the Field Museum after M auction purchase

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Here is an overview of what happened in the Chicago region on October 4, according to the tribune archives.

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Meteorological files (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

High temperature: 90 degrees (1951)
Low temperature: 32 degrees (1989)
Precipitation: 2.57 inches (1991)
Snowfall: Trace (2014)

This portrait of Margaret Abbott appeared in the Chicago Tribune on November 28, 1902. Abbott, who learned to play golf in Chicago, became the first American woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when she pulled on 47 in the individual female golf competition in 1900 outside Paris, in France. (Chicago Tribune archive) — Margaret Abbott, who learned to play golf in Chicago, appeared in the newspaper on November 28, 1902. Abbott became the first American woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when she pulled a 47 in the individual golf competition in 1900 outside Paris, in France. (Chicago Tribune archive)

1900: The Gulf of Chicago Margaret Abbott became the first American woman to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

The sound of the violins of the prospect of Suzuki players welcomed Pope John Paul II at O'Hare International Airport on October 4, 1979 (Jerry Tomaselli / Chicago Tribune) — The sound of violins of the prospect of the players of Suzuki of Hope welcomes Pope John Paul II at O’Hare International Airport on October 4, 1979. (Jerry Tomaselli / Chicago Tribune)

1979: By a cold and windy autumn evening, at 7 p.m., Pope John Paul II left the shepherd I Jetliner to applause of more than 1,000 sympathizers and dignitaries who presented themselves at O’Hare International Airport to greet him. Escorted by Cardinal John Cody, the pontiff was serenade by a group of 30 violin players, aged 3 to 15, before leaving for limousine.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: visit to Pope John Paul II in 1979

When his procession made a brief detour to the Kennedy motorway to travel along the sections of the avenues Nagle, Milwaukee and Lawrence, about 750,000 people – a lot who could barely see it – bordered its way. 30,000 others gathered in front of his next stop.

The Pope delivered his first declaration to the inhabitants of Chicago to the Cathedral Holy Name: “Whatever I would like to have a lot of time to get personally, to visit your homes, to walk on your streets so that I can better understand the richness of your personalities and the depth of your aspiration. May raise God of humanity in this big city of Chicago. ”

An intensely competitive auction run by Sotheby's in New York on October 4, 1997, ended with the dinosaur fossil known as SUE for the Field Museum in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune) — An intensely competitive auction run by Sotheby’s in New York on October 4, 1997, ended with the dinosaur fossil known as SUE for the Field Museum in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune)

1997: Field Museum bought T. Rex named Sue at auction for $ 8.36 million. He was exhibited in 2000 and moved to new shelves upstairs to the museum in 2018.

A floating but not burned floating manor accessory is at the Michigan avenue bridge on October 5, 2014. He and two other exhibitions failed to ignite the previous night during the Great Chicago Fire Festival. (Chuckberman / Chicago Tribune) — A floating but not burned floating manor accessory is at the Michigan avenue bridge on October 5, 2014. He and two other exhibitions failed to ignite the previous night during the Great Chicago Fire Festival. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune)

2014: The idea of a large Chicago fire festival dates back to the failed Olympic Olympic offer in 2009, when it was designed as part of the ceremonies, a spokesman for the Redmoon Theater said in the gallery. But – as the announcing the city’s rebound because of the Olympic claims – the festival collapsed. Thousands of spectators bordered the Chicago river to watch floating models of Victorian houses engulfed by flames – on the large Chicago fire of 1871 – but the buildings failed to ignite. After several unsuccessful attempts to light the fires, the show crew went to the fireworks final.

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