On December 3, 2007 the Diamondbacks traded Carlos Quentin, who had failed to perform to expectation, to the Chicago White Sox for first base prospect Chris Carter.

Unlike many artists who were " discovered " and recorded in their normal venues, in December 1925 or January 1926, he was taken to Chicago, Illinois, to record his first tracks.

Jefferson died in Chicago at 10 am on December 19, 1929, of what his death certificate called " probably acute myocarditis ".

This large amount was irresistible to him, and in late December 1914 he travelled to Chicago to join the studio.

On December 2, 1942, physicist Enrico Fermi conducted the world's first controlled nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project.

The last successful drop kick in the NFL before that was executed by Ray " Scooter " McLean of the Chicago Bears in their 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on December 21, 1941, in the NFL Championship game at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

The money was used in studies which led to the first nuclear reactor — Chicago Pile-1, a massive " atomic pile " of graphite bricks and uranium fuel which went critical on December 2, 1942.

Inspired by the Chicago Tunnel Company, it operated from 3 December 1927 until 31 May 2003.

Because of on-going repairs to the roof of the Metrodome, the Vikings played their December 20 game versus the Chicago Bears at TCF Bank Stadium ( the home of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers ).

It wasn't until 43 years later, on December 17, 2007 ( a Monday Night Football game versus the Chicago Bears ) that the Vikings again donned both purple jerseys and purple pants.

Enrico Fermi created the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, called Chicago Pile-1 ( CP-1 ), in a racquets court below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago on December 2, 1942.

The Love for Three Oranges finally premièred in Chicago in December 1921, under the composer's baton.

The team then proceeded to win their first league championship, the 1937 NFL Championship Game, on December 12, 1937, against the Chicago Bears, their first year in D. C.

* December 4 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot dead in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

* December 30, 1903 — A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, USA kills 600.

* December 2 – Manhattan Project: Below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ( a coded message, " The Italian navigator has landed in the new world " is then sent to U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ).

* December 30 – Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago kills 600.

* December 20 – Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago for 21 years, dies.

* December 20 – Richard J. Daley, American Mayor of Chicago ( b. 1902 )

* December 8 – The Chicago Bears, in what will become the most one-sided victory in National Football League history, defeat the Washington Redskins 73 – 0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game.

Wheat futures are traded on the Chicago Board of Trade, Kansas City Board of Trade, and Minneapolis Grain Exchange, and have delivery dates in March ( H ), May ( K ), July ( N ), September ( U ), and December ( Z ).

* Edipo Re – 13 December 1920, Chicago Opera.

This built on work done by Fermi and his colleagues at the University of Chicago in 1942 which created the world's first experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1 and the first sustained nuclear reaction on December 2, 1942.

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

Productions within the US have included those in November 1998 by the Lyric Opera of Chicago directed by David Alden.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1998 ISBN 0-226-14369-4 ( hardback ), ISBN 0-226-14370-8

Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the title in nine of fourteen years.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.

A Possible Deathbed Confession " – by Anthony DeBartolo, Chicago Tribune, October 8, 1997 and " Odds Improve That a Hot Game of Craps in Mrs. O ' Leary's Barn Touched Off Chicago Fire " – by Anthony DeBartolo, Chicago Tribune, March 3, 1998

Although ' American Stores ' food divisions retained an operating presence in their geographical locations and other centralized marketing, merchandising and other staff functions were relocated between 1992 and 1998 from Oak Brook, Illinois to Salt Lake City to occupy the then-new American Stores Tower, pharmacy operations were relocated to Scottsdale Arizona with certain pharmacy systems-related resources continuing to operate from the Chicago area after being relocated to 3030 Cullerton Drive in Franklin Park, Illinois, the location that previously served as Osco Drug's divisional headquarters prior to its relocation to its new purpose-built office facilities at 1818 Swift Drive in Oak Brook, Illinois ' Windsor Office Park during the early 1970s.

In 1957 he won the lead role opposite Debbie Reynolds in the romantic comedy Tammy and the Bachelor, which, as a Chicago Tribune critic wrote in 1998, made people consider Nielsen as both a dramatic actor and a handsome romantic lead.

In 1998, reporter Jerry Thomas was fired by the Tribune after he wrote a cover article on boxing promoter Don King for Emerge magazine at the same time that he was writing a cover article on King for the Chicago Tribune Sunday magazine.

It took the expansion Chicago Fire in 1998 to end United's stranglehold on the championship.

Chicago finished the regular season with an NBA league-best 62 – 20 record and clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1998.

The March 14, 1998, game against the Chicago Bulls set the Spurs ' current regular-season home attendance record.

Led by coach Jerry Sloan, who took over for Frank Layden in 1988, they became one of the powerhouse teams of the 1990s, culminating in two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998, where they lost both times to the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan.

The nine extant structures from that period were added jointly to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and designated a Chicago Landmark in 1998.

Edited with an Interpretive Essay by Joanna Vecchiarelli Scott and Judith Chelius Scott ( Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996 / 1998 ).

* Most opponents ' fumbles recovered for touchdowns, season: 4 ; Detroit Lions, 1937 ; Chicago Bears, 1942 ; Boston ( AAFC ), 1948 ; Los Angeles Rams, 1952 ; San Francisco 49ers, 1965 ; Denver Broncos, 1984 ; St. Louis Cardinals, 1987 ; Minnesota Vikings, 1989 ; Atlanta Falcons, 1991 and 1998 ; Philadelphia Eagles, 1995 ; New Orleans Saints, 1998 ; Kansas City Chiefs, 1999.

* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards ( 1999 ): Nomination for Best Actress for Little Voice ( 1998 )

This beer is exported worldwide and has been elected as " Best beer in the world " in 1998 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.