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University
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Chicago |
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1673 |
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Discovery |
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1818 |
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Illinois Statehood |
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1837 |
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Chicago incorporated
as a City |
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Chicago Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary established |
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1858 |
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Chicago
College of Pharmacy chartered |
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1859 |
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Morrill
Land Act signed |
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1862 |
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University of Illinois (U of I) founded in Urbana-Champaign as the “Illinois Industrial University” |
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1867 |
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College
of Pharmacy reopens after being destroyed by the Chicago Fire |
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1871 |
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The
Great Chicago Fire |
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Founding
of College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S), Chicago |
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1882 |
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1886 |
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Haymarket
Riot |
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1889 |
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Hull House founded |
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Columbian
College of Dentistry established |
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1891 |
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1893 |
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World's Columbian
Exposition |
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College of Pharmacy affiliates with U of I |
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1896 |
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P&S affiliates with U of I as its Department of Medicine |
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1897 |
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Columbian College of Dentistry integrated into U of I |
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1901 |
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University Hospital built by P&S faculty |
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1907 |
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1908 |
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Chicago Cubs win World Series |
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1909 |
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Daniel
H. Burnham's Chicago Plan published |
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P&S becomes U of I's College of Medicine |
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1913 |
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First graduate courses in Medical Sciences |
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1916 |
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Navy
Pier opens |
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State and U of I agree to create five “Research and Education Hospitals” |
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1919 |
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General R&E Hospital opens |
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1925 |
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State Rep. Richard J. Daley proposes U of I campus in Chicago |
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1936 |
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State creates the Illinois Medical District |
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1941 |
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Navy Pier converted
for wartime use |
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Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary becomes part of U of I |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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Congress passes the G.I. Bill |
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University of Illinois, Chicago Undergraduate Division (CUD) opens at Navy Pier |
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1946 |
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Galesburg branch of U of I closes |
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1949 |
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Navy Pier students add football to their intercollegiate activities |
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Illinois House Bill 108 directs U of I to create a permanent Chicago campus |
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1951 |
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School of Nursing established |
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Navy Pier students present “Mile-Long Petition” |
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1953 |
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Board of Trustees vote “no confidence” on President Stoddard |
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David
Dodds Henry becomes U of I President |
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1955 |
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Richard
J. Daley elected mayor |
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Miller Meadows selected as Chicago campus site |
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1956 |
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Congress Expressway
opens |
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Separate faculty Senates created for Urbana-Champaign, Chicago Professional Colleges, and CUD |
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1957 |
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1958 |
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Statewide bond issue, including funding for a four-year campus in Chicago, fails |
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School of Nursing becomes the College of Nursing |
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1959 |
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Mayor Daley offers urban location for new campus |
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St. Lawrence Seaway opens |
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University bond issue passes |
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1960 |
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Harrison-Halsted site chosen |
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1961 |
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Chicago Professional Colleges becomes the University of Illinois at the Medical Center (UIMC) |
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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block construction of campus |
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1963 |
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University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC) opens |
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1965 |
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Norman Parker appointed UICC Chancellor |
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1966 |
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Joseph Begando appointed UIMC Chancellor |
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1967 |
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McCormick
Place Fire |
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First commencement at Circle Campus |
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Graduate College at UICC established |
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1968 |
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Democratic
Party National Convention |
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Board of Higher Education approves granting doctoral degrees in several areas |
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UICC admitted to NCAA |
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John Corbally appointed U of I President
Warren Cheston becomes UICC Chancellor |
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1971 |
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UICC Prof. Dick Simpson elected alderman |
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1973 |
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Sears Tower
completed |
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Donald
Riddle becomes UICC Chancellor |
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1975 |
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Richard J.
Daley elected to sixth term as mayor |
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Mayor Daley awarded at UICC Decennial |
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1976 |
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Mayor Daley dies |
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Stanley
Ikenberry appointed U of I President |
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1979 |
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Jane Byrne
elected mayor |
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New U of I Hospital opens |
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1981 |
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1982 |
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Consolidation of UICC and UIMC to form University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
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Donald Langenberg named first UIC Chancellor |
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1983 |
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Harold Washington elected mayor |
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UICC and UIMC Senates consolidate to form UIC Senate |
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1984 |
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1987 |
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Mayor Washington dies |
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Student Residence Halls open, first such on East Campus |
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1988 |
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1989 |
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Richard M.
Daley elected mayor |
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James
Stukel appointed UIC Chancellor |
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1991 |
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James Stukel becomes U of I President |
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1995 |
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David Broski named UIC Chancellor |
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Sylvia
Manning appointed interim UIC Chancellor |
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1999 |
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Sylvia
Manning becomes UIC Chancellor |
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Ground-breaking for South Campus Development Project |
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2000 |
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B.
Joseph White becomes U of I's 16th President |
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2005 |
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Chicago White
Sox win World Series |
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60th
Anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Undergraduate Division
at Navy Pier |
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2006 |
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