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Clayton Kirkpatrick 2004 Deaths

Clayton KirkpatrickAge: 89 newspaper editor who presided over the Chicago Tribune for 10 years. Died: Glen Ellyn, Ill., June 19, 2004Alan KingG - LPaul Klebnikov

I’ll Have Another

I'll Have Another is the chestnut horse who won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 2012, setting him up for a run at the Triple Crown. I'll Have Another was bred in Kentucky and born…

Arch Ward

Arch WardBorn: Dec. 27, 1896Promoter and sports editor of Chicago Tribune from 1930-55 founder of baseball All-Star Game (1933), Chicago College All-Star Football Game (1934) and the All-…

Jeff MacNelly 2000 Deaths

Jeff MacNellyAge: 52 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose elaborate comic strips and political cartoons were syndicated nationally; won Pulitzer in 1972, 1978 and 1985; debuted the strip "…

Gene Siskel 1999 Deaths

Gene Siskel(Eugene Kal Siskel)Age: 53 familiar Chicago Tribune film critic who achieved fame through his television pairing with rival–turned–pal Roger Ebert. The two became major film-…

2005 George Polk Awards

The George Polk Awards in Journalism, administered by Long Island University, honors excellence in print and broadcast journalism. The award was esablished in 1949 and named for CBS correspondent…

Harry S. Truman

Harry Truman became president of the United States after the death of Franklin Roosevelt on 12 April 1945. President Truman led the U.S. through the end of World War II and made the decision to use…

Mike Royko

Mike Roykonewspaper columnistBorn: 9/19/1932Birthplace: Chicago Royko worked for a number of Chicago papers before joining the Chicago Tribune staff, where since 1984 he wrote a column that…

Mike Royko Biography

Mike Roykonewspaper columnistBorn: 9/19/1932Birthplace: Chicago Royko worked for a number of Chicago papers before joining the Chicago Tribune staff, where since 1984 he wrote a column that…