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2. USS Chicago (CA-29) - Wikipedia

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   USS Chicago (CL/CA-29) was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II.She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago.

3. History of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   At its first appearance in records by explorers, the Chicago area was inhabited by a number of Algonquian peoples, including the Mascouten and Miami.The name "Chicago" is generally believed to derive from a French rendering of the Miami–Illinois language word šikaakwa, referring to the plant Allium tricoccum, as well as the animal skunk. [3]

4. Chicago (album) - Wikipedia

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   Chicago (retroactively known as Chicago II) is the second studio album by the American rock band Chicago, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records. Like their debut album, Chicago Transit Authority , it is a double album.

5. Port Chicago disaster - Wikipedia

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   The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS E. A. Bryan on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations detonated, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring at least 390 others.

6. Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago was the location of the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, when Al Capone sent men to gun down members of a rival gang, North Side, led by Bugs Moran. [72] Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) From 1920 to 1921, the city was affected by a series of tenant rent strikes in it. Which lead to the formation ...

7. USS Chicago (1885) - Wikipedia

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   Illustration of one of Chicago ' s two original beam-propeller engines. Chicago was a twin-screw ship; a similar engine drove the screw on the other side of the vessel. On 7 December 1889, Chicago departed Boston for Lisbon, Portugal, arriving on 21 December.