* 1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing 12 people.

* July 21 – Wingfoot Air Express crash: The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express catches fire over downtown Chicago.

It owns the Sears Centre Arena, home site of the Chicago Express of the ECHL ice hockey league, the Chicago Slaughter of the Indoor Football League and the Chicago Bliss of the Lingerie Football League.

On August 13, 1888, at 1: 40AM the citizens of Shohola were awakened by screams of agony as the " Chicago Express " plowed into a freight train.

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* Chicago Express Airlines, the now-defunct ATA Airlines carrier, served MBS in the early 1990s with daily service to Chicago Midway Airport using the Jetstream 31 turboprop aircraft.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Indianapolis International Airport became a hub for then locally based ATA Airlines and its regional affiliate, Chicago Express / ATA Connection.

* 192-University of Chicago Hospitals Express

Coke Express trains run between Pittsburgh and Chicago, and other places in the rust belt, carrying coke to industries, mainly steel mills.

Air Midwest also operated as US Airways Express from a hub in Kansas City, with smaller operations at Phoenix, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas and Omaha.

* Mike Brady, founder of Chicago Express Airlines

Such cars are used by Metra in and around Chicago, by Caltrain along the west side of San Francisco Bay, by Montreal's Agence métropolitaine de transport, by Virginia Railway Express ( VRE ) in Northern Virginia, by Nashville's Music City Star and by MARC Train in Maryland.

United Express entered the market May 24, 1999 with service to Washington Dulles and later added Chicago O ' Hare on July 1, 2000.

Atlantic Coast Airlines operated United Express flights out of Dulles and O ' Hare International Airport in Chicago with Jetstream 32, Jetstream 41 and Canadair regional jet aircraft.

Chicago Express Airlines, Inc. was a regional airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

On June 1, 1999, ATA Airlines acquired Chicago Express for $ 1. 9 million.

Having previously operated a fleet of BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft, at the time Chicago Express ceased operations its fleet consisted of 17 Saab 340B aircraft, all of which were former American Eagle aircraft.

After Amtran's acquisition of Chicago Express in 1999, the Jetstreams were " retired " and most found homes with other ( mostly corporate ) operators.

Two Saab 340Bs ( N309CE and N311CE ) were owned by Amtran, and remained in Indianapolis for several months after Chicago Express ceased operations.

* Chicago Express Airlines ( Archive )

In the autumn of 1867 he accepted a $ 40 per week contract, nominally as a clerk, but really to play professionally for the Chicago Excelsiors, not an uncommon arrangement used to circumvent the rules of the time, which forbade the hiring of professional players.

Playing to the pitcher's desire to return to his Midwestern roots and challenging Spalding's integrity, Hulbert convinced Spalding to sign a contract to play for the White Stockings ( now known as the Chicago Cubs ) in 1876.

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing " small ball ," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.

After Davy Force signed with Chicago, and then breached his contract to play in Boston, Hulbert became discouraged by the " contract jumping " as well as the overall disorganization of the N. A., and thus spearheaded the movement to form a stronger organization.

A Paramount employee told biographer Orrin Keepnews that Jefferson was a womanizing sloppy drunk ; on the other hand, Jefferson's neighbor in Chicago, Romeo Nelson, reports him as being " warm and cordial ," and singer Rube Lacy states that Jefferson always refused to play on a Sunday, " even if you give me two hundred.

For Hurricane Ike in 2008, Selig mandated that the Astros play two home games against the Chicago Cubs in his hometown of Milwaukee despite proximity to the visiting Cubs.

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division.

The Rockies went on to play in the NLCS against the Arizona Diamondbacks, who swept their own NLDS against the Chicago Cubs.

The Chicago Cubs play in the North Side's Lakeview neighborhood, in the Wrigleyville district.

The Chicago White Sox play in the South Side's Armour Square neighborhood.

The Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks play on Madison Street.

Heidi Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times said of the play " Far more surreal and twisted than Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, 12 Ophelias is a reminder of just how morphable and mysterious Shakespeare's original remains.

In a September interview with Heidi Watney of the New England Sports Network, Johnny Bench, who was watching a Cleveland Indians / Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, did an impression of late Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray after Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis, a native of Cincinnati, made a tough play.

The Patriots took the second quickest lead in Super Bowl history after linebacker Larry McGrew recovered a fumble from Walter Payton at the Chicago 19-yard line on the second play of the game ( the Bears themselves would break this record in Super Bowl XLI when Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown ).

" Chicago struck back with a 7 play, 59-yard drive, featuring a 43-yard pass completion from Jim McMahon to wide receiver Willie Gault, to set up a field goal from Kevin Butler, tying the score 3-3.

Chicago then drove to the 3-yard line, but had to settle for another field goal from Butler after rookie defensive lineman William " Refrigerator " Perry was tackled for a 1-yard loss while trying to throw his first NFL pass on a halfback option play.

New England kept them out of the end zone, but Butler kicked his third field goal on the last play of the half to give Chicago a 23-3 halftime lead.

The refusal of prominent baseball figure Cap Anson to play the Toledo team, in an exhibition game with his Chicago White Stockings, accelerated the drawing of the color line.

Jones and Stewart intended to play Chicago blues, but were agreeable to the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs of Jagger and Richards.

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.

** The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game of baseball against the Chicago White Sox.

* April 20 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park ( currently Wrigley Field ), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7 – 6 in 11 innings.

* April – The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings, and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league.