1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Teresa Giudice's ex-husband penned an emotional plea to the President, imploring him to give him a chance to reunite with his ...

Today in History for June 27: In 1299, in his encyclical "Scimus fili," Pope Boniface VIII claimed that Scotland owed allegiance to the Catholic Church.

Pat Quinn in 2009, after then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office. State Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez speaks at the Illinois Presidential Delegation's daily breakfast at ...

Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged that President Donald Trump's reelection was a factor in his decision to seek a third term. "I don't shy away from a fight," he told reporters.

English historian Edward Gibbon completed work on his six-volume work, “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” ...