The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper founded in Chicago in 1847 by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler and Joseph K. C. Forrest, when the city was a growing frontier town on Lake Michigan. Joseph Medill, who took control in the 1850s, made it a strong supporter of the Republican Party and of Abraham Lincoln, and under his family it grew into one of the leading newspapers in the American Midwest. It was long known for its slogan, the World's Greatest Newspaper, and for its headquarters at Tribune Tower. In a famous mistake in 1948 it printed the headline Dewey Defeats Truman before the result of the presidential election was known. It now belongs to a hedge fund-owned group.
Before and after
- from 1847 to 1901Caste War of Yucatán
- 1847Ignaz Semmelweis shows that handwashing prevents childbed fever
- 11 February 1847Birth of Thomas Edison
- 3 March 1847Birth of Alexander Graham Bell
- 10 June 1847Launch of Chicago Tribune
- 2 October 1847Birth of Paul von Hindenburg
- 4 November 1847Death of Felix Mendelssohn
- 8 November 1847Birth of Bram Stoker
- 29 November 1847Whitman massacre
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