As of 2011, four annual events occur in America that are exclusively devoted to both ' generations ' of the series: the popular Gallifrey One ( which has been running annually since 1990 ) which takes place in February in the Los Angeles area, the smaller Chicago TARDIS ( begun in 2000 ) taking place in late November, Hurricane Who ( begun in 2009 ) taking place in Orlando, and the Sci Fi Sea Cruise which runs out of different ports annually to destinations such as Mexico and the Caribbean.

* Chicago TARDIS ( November, Chicago, IL )

The Cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their Chicago rivals in the regular season standings since the Cubs last participated in a World Series ( 1945 ): in the 66 seasons from 1946 through 2011 the Cardinals have finished ahead of the Cubs 49 times.

On February 23, 2011, former Illinois Congressman and White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, won the municipal election to become mayor of Chicago, heavily beating five rivals with 55 percent of the vote.

A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Chicago the fourth most walkable of fifty largest cities in the United States.

After losing the first three games of the series against the Sharks, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat ( the Chicago Blackhawks became the seventh team to do so earlier in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, against the Vancouver Canucks ).

As of the end of the 2011 season, there were two teams against which the Texans had never lost: the Chicago Bears ( 2-0 ) and Miami Dolphins ( 6-0 ).

He is currently starring in the Starz drama series Boss, as a fictional mayor of Chicago in the mold of Richard J. Daley which premiered in October 2011.

| Chicago Bears || 12 || 13 || 0 ||. 480 || W 30 – 13 || September 18, 2011 || New Orleans, LA || 0 – 2 postseason

The 2011 – 12 NBA season, scheduled to begin November 1, 2011 with a matchup between the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and the Chicago Bulls, was postponed due to a labor dispute.

After the 2011 season, general manager Jed Hoyer left the Padres to join the Chicago Cubs.

In March 2011, the Pogues played a six-city / ten-show sold out US tour titled " A Parting Glass with The Pogues " visiting Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington D. C., Boston, and New York ( in that order ), with only the last three cities getting more than one show.

The 2011 and 2012 Worldcons will be in Reno, Nevada and Chicago, Illinois respectively.

History repeated itself in June 2011, when Gretzky ’ s 17-year-old son, Trevor, was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

He signed a letter of intent to play baseball at San Diego State University, currently coached by Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2011 MLB draft.

* ZZ Top Live In Chicago August 7, 2011

Launched March 20, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the tour united the two singers for a series of arena concerts throughout North America – with performances in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Montreal and more.

Their eldest son, Richard M. Daley, was elected mayor of Chicago in 1989, and served in that position until his retirement in 2011.

" By signing a 10-year ( contract ) with the Teamsters ( and with over 30 other unions representing city employees ), the current administration and City Council unduly hamstrung not only the current management of city government, but the next six years of management as well, a period that extends well beyond the elected terms of the incoming administration and City Council ," according to a March 2011 report from the Office of the Inspector General of the City of Chicago.

In January 2011, Moody's Investors Service downgraded to a " negative " outlook from " stable " some of the revenue bonds that the Chicago Department of Aviation had issued to help pay for the $ 15 billion O ' Hare Modernization Program and related capital-improvement projects.

On May 24, 2011 the University of Chicago Press announced Daley's appointment as a " distinguished senior fellow " at the Harris School of Public Policy.

On September 28, 2011, The University of Chicago Press announced that it will publish First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley in Spring 2013.

The park was built in six weeks in 1914 at a cost of about $ 250, 000 ($ 5. 3 million in 2011 dollars ) by the Chicago lunchroom magnate Charles Weeghman, who owned the Federal League Whales.

Chicago is the largest city in the United States to have had a female mayor as of 2011.

On May 16, 2011 Byrne attended the inauguration of Rahm Emanuel as Mayor of Chicago in a rare public appearance due to health problems she has experienced in recent years.

Hyundai announced they would be revealing their future rally plans at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, on February 9.

* 1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

* 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.

* 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

* 1877 – William B. Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago ( b. 1805 )

* 1941 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.

* 1812 – War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago, Illinois.

* 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at, at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.

* 1992 – The Great Chicago Flood.

* 1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.

* 1948 – Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer ( Chicago )

* 1969 – The " Chicago Eight " plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

The largest population clusters of North America ( the Boston – Washington, San Francisco-San Diego, Chicago – Pittsburgh, and Quebec City – Windsor Corridors ) are all thousands of kilometers away from Alberta.

* 1956 – In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.

* 2005 – Chicago – 1. 17. 04 ( Official Bootleg series )

* 2009 – Chicago – 9. 22. 07 ( Official Bootleg series )

Rice, Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera ( Chicago 1998 ), ISBN 0-226-71125-0 – ISBN 978-0-226-71125-6 ( preview at Google Book Search )

* 1967 – Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times.

* 1803 – James Curtiss, American politician, Mayor of Chicago ( d. 1859 )

* 1871 – Alexander Loyd, American politician, Mayor of Chicago ( b. 1805 )