Chicago is a 1927 American silent crime comedy-drama film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. The first film adaptation of Maurine...
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The 1927 Chicago mayoral election was held on April 5, 1927. Democratic incumbent William Emmett Dever was defeated by Republican candidate William Hale...
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Jake's new story. Cecil B. DeMille produced a silent film version, Chicago (1927), starring former Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver as Roxie...
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due to large Democratic margins in Chicago. The citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927, when William Thompson was voted into...
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172 performances. Cecil B. DeMille produced a silent film version, Chicago (1927), starring former Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver as Roxie...
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Faith in the Future Chicago (play), 1926, written by Maurine Dallas Watkins Chicago (1927 film), based on the 1926 play Chicago (musical), first performed...
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The 1927 Chicago Cardinals season was their eighth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5–6–1, winning...
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The 1927 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1927 Big Ten Conference football...
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The 1927 season was the Chicago Bears' 8th in the National Football League. The team was unable to improve on their 12–1–3 record from 1926 and finished...
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The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National...
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KFKX (1923–1933) (section Transfer to Chicago (1927))
network, but the station was determined to be unprofitable. In 1927 KFKX was transferred to Chicago, Illinois, now as a joint operation with Westinghouse's KYW...
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Al Capone (category Chicago Outfit bosses)
by Moran and Drucci in January 1927. Capone became increasingly security-minded and desirous of getting away from Chicago. As a precaution, he and his entourage...
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William Hale Thompson (redirect from Big Bill of Chicago)
of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill", he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians...
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The 1927 Chicago Cubs season was the 56th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 52nd in the National League and the 12th at Wrigley Field (the first...
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The Girl from Chicago is a lost 1927 American synchronized sound criminal romantic drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Myrna Loy and Conrad...
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league in 1927–28, winning only seven of 44 games. For the 1928–29 season, the Black Hawks were originally slated to play in the newly built Chicago Stadium...
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The 1927 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 70–83, 39 games...
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Kool-Aid (category Products introduced in 1927)
drink mix owned by Kraft Heinz based in Chicago, Illinois. The powder form was created by Edwin Perkins in 1927 based upon a liquid concentrate named Fruit...
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League. For most of its history, it was played at Chicago's Soldier Field. The game was first played in 1927. After a forfeit in 1928, it was not played again...
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in Chicago by number of guest rooms; however, it has the largest total meeting and event space of any hotel in the city. From its opening in 1927 through...
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The 1927 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1927 baseball season...
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1927 mayoral campaign was the successful campaign of Republican William Hale Thompson for a third nonconsecutive term as mayor of Chicago in the 1927...
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The 1927–28 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's second season of play. The team was coming off a 19–22–3 expansion season, however, team owner Frederic...
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The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the...
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The 1927 Chicago aldermanic election happened on February 22 to elect the 50 aldermen of the Chicago City Council, on the same day as the primary elections...
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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles (70,000 km2) inundated...
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63750 The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) that runs through the city of Chicago, including...
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O'Hare International Airport (redirect from Chicago O' Hare International Airport)
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, United States,...
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is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The top ten 1927 released films by...
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Daniel David Luckenbill (category 1927 deaths)
Pennsylvania 21 June 1881 - London, 5 June 1927) was an American assyriologist and professor at the University of Chicago. John A. Maynard: In Memoriam: A Bibliography...
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