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Here\u2019s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 19 according to the Tribune\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n

High temperature: 102 degrees (1953)
\nLow temperature: 43 degrees (1980)
\nPrecipitation: 3.97 inches (2009)
\nSnowfall: Trace (2017)<\/p>\n

1933: The Museum of Science and Industry<\/a> opened for a preview in the former Palace of Fine Arts \u2014 the last remaining building from the 1893 World\u2019s Columbian Exposition<\/a> \u2014 in Jackson Park. The building previously housed the Field Museum<\/a> before it opened in Grant Park in 1921.<\/p>\n

The museum was the gift of retail titan Julius Rosenwald<\/a> of Sears, Roebuck & Co. He and his son, William, visited the Deutsches Science Museum in Munich in 1911. The boy was mesmerized by its interactive exhibits, which required him to push buttons and pull levers to determine the outcomes of science demonstrations. Rosenwald began suggesting such a museum for Chicago, one that would showcase the development of American industrial technology and scientific discovery. In 1926, he pledged $3 million<\/a> to put one together. By the time it was finished, a year after his death, it would cost Rosenwald and his heirs more than $11 million (or roughly $20 million in today\u2019s dollars).<\/p>\n

\"MayorMayor Richard J. Daley is flanked by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lee Olive Jr., parents of the medal of honor winner, at ceremonies on June 19, 1966, unveiling the monument to the memory of Pfc. Milton Lee Olive in a park now known as Olive Park. The monument is sculpted in bronze. Editors note: this historic print has some pencil markings on it. (William Vendetta\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

1966:\u00a0A monument to\u00a0Pfc. Milton Lee Olive<\/a>\u00a0was unveiled in a park named for him on the lakefront at the site of the city\u2019s water filtration plant and adjacent to Navy Pier. The soft-spoken South Side teen was killed in Vietnam on Oct. 22, 1965, after throwing his body on a hand grenade to save the lives of four military companions. Olive, whose nickname was \u201cSkipper,\u201d posthumously became the first Black officer who served in the Vietnam War to receive the\u00a0Congressional Medal of Honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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1972: The Rolling Stones<\/a> performed three shows in two days at the International Amphitheatre<\/a>, with Stevie Wonder as opening act. The set list brimmed with songs from the month-old \u201cExile on Main Street.\u201d At least 25 concertgoers<\/a> reportedly were arrested. The reviews were gushing: \u201cThey were famous; now they are a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SamSam Giancana, left, enters the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with his attorney, George Callaghan, where Giancana was to appear before a federal grand jury on July 23, 1974. (James O’Leary\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

1975: Former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana<\/a> was shot to death<\/a> in the basement of his home in Oak Park. The killing has never been solved.<\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael Jordan speaks at a news conference on Sept. 12, 1984, in Chicago, after signing a seven-year contract with the Chicago Bulls. (Charles Knoblock\/AP)<\/p>\n

1984: The Chicago Bulls chose two-time college player of the year Michael Jordan<\/a> with the third pick in the NBA draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bulls\u2019 No. 1 choice will need a few laughs to ease the shock of moving from a winning team at North Carolina to a loser in Chicago,\u201d the Tribune\u2019s Bob Logan wrote.<\/p>\n

Jordan was practicing with the U.S. Olympic basketball team in Bloomington, Indiana, that day when he was asked about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019ve never been on a losing team before, but that doesn\u2019t bother me,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cYou don\u2019t join any team expecting to go out there and lose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"InIn the mid 1920s, Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights from his home at 1710 N. Crilly Ct., the first gay-rights organization in the country. Gerber’s home is on the National Historic Register, June 6, 2024. (Antonio Perez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

2015: The former home of prominent gay rights activist Henry Gerber<\/a>, at 1710 N. Crilly Court in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, was designated a National Historic Landmark. The postal clerk formed the Society for Human Rights<\/a>, but was arrested in 1924, for being gay.<\/p>\n

Gerber was never convicted, but the publicity (including a newspaper headline reading \u201cStrange Sex Cult Exposed\u201d) led to his firing for conduct unbecoming of a postal worker. The group he began quickly disbanded.<\/p>\n

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