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    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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  • 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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    Crafts. 21c Museum Hotel Chicago by MGallery (1927), Chicago. Former members: LondonHouse Chicago, Chicago. Or LondonHouse Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club...
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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 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Prohibition: The mayoral election of 1923 and 1927" Chicago History 7#2 (1978) pp. 109–118 Byrne, Jane. My Chicago (Northwestern University Press, 2004), a...
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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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  • (1963) placed Chicago city politics in a broader context. The school is perhaps best known for the subcultural theories of Thrasher (1927), Frazier (1932;...
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  • Benny Rodríguez (category 1927 births)
    Bienvenido Rodríguez García (March 21, 1927 – September 27, 2014) was a Puerto Rican outfielder in the Negro leagues. A native of Santa Isabel, Puerto...
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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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    short-lived American record label based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded by Mayo Williams in 1927. It was named after the black opera singer...
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    Chicago Fire Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member...
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    Buckingham Fountain (category 1927 establishments in Illinois)
    Fountain is a Chicago Landmark in the center of Grant Park, between Queen's Landing and the end of Ida B. Wells Drive. Dedicated in 1927 and donated to...
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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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    Ballroom in Chicago, United States was opened on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, 1927, at 4733 South Parkway. At the time of its opening in 1927, the Savoy...
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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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  • are, controversially, convicted of the robbery and executed in 1927. May 11 – Chicago business owner and racketeer James "Big Jim" Colosimo is shot and...
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    (19 km) from the city's Loop business district. Established in 1927, Midway served as Chicago's primary airport until the opening of O'Hare International Airport...
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  • Velma Kelly (category Fictional characters from Chicago)
    later convicted of drunk driving in 1926. In 1927, she attended the opening of Watkins' play Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. For the musical, Kelly's mannerisms...
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