January Local Priest Survives Death March, Returns to "House of Studies" January 3, 1946 Under the Shadow of Polio January 2, 1952 Yaryan Heating Plant Gives Way to Parking Lot January 22, 1959 Blizzard of 1967 record has staying power January 26, 1967 How Much Have We Changed? Five Years After the Fair Housing Ordinance January 9, 1974 February Oak Park Criminal Flees to California February 10, 1917 Radio Days February 9, 1924 President's Day or Washington's Birthday? February 22, 1968 Oak Park Conservatory Faces Wrecking Ball February 25, 1970 March Oak Park and March Madness March 27, 1908 March Madness, 1908: A Tradition Begins March 27, 1908 Oak Park's Oldest Boy Scout Troop Hits 100 in 2016 March 16, 1916 Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Lew(is). March 10, 1917 Girl Scouts and Cookies: A March Tradition March 1, 1936 March Madness, 1956: Overcoming Adversity March 16, 1956 March Madness, 1976: So Close March 20, 1976 April Joe Tinker Day, 1914 April 23, 1914 The Lake Theatre Opens to Much Fanfare, Leather April 11, 1936 Health Care Reform in 1952 April 26, 1952 Green for 50 Years April 22, 1970 Locals See the Stars at Cernan Space Center April 17, 1974 May Hines Lumber Opens May 21, 1910 Oak Park's Last Livery Stables Closes Its Doors May 1, 1920 Royalty Visits Oak Park in 1939 May 4, 1939 Oak Park Embraces Diversity in 5-2 Vote May 6, 1968 June They Still Wear White Dresses, Don't They? June 1, 1877 St. Edmund's Parish Dedicates New Oak Park Church June 1, 1907 Suffrage for Women Passes! June 26, 1913 National Suffrage Parade Features Local Women June 7, 1916 Tabula Yearbook Sees the Future June 19, 1919 July Eastland Disaster Shakes Oak Park July 24, 1915 Heat Waves Bring Crime Waves July 4, 1917 Two Villagers Survive Sinking Andrea Doria July 25, 1956 Holmes School Demolished July 1, 1958 Hemingway Conference 2016 July 17, 2016 August World War I in Oak Park August 15, 1914 When Every Store Was a Dollar Store August 14, 1928 First Blackout Drill of WWII August 12, 1942 First Library Book Sale a Success August 15, 1970 Hula Hoop Champs Call Oak Park Home August 1, 1974 September Happy Birthday, Edgar Rice Burroughs September 1, 1875 Oak Park's World Famous Caddy Master September 13, 1919 Overcrowding in Schools Leads to Crisis September 1, 1922 A Stream in Taylor Park September 5, 1935 "A Landmark Vanishes" The Edwin O. Gale home demolished September 7, 1961 October Great Chicago Fire moves Chicagoans Westward October 8, 1871 The Nineteenth Century Club Organizes October 19, 1891 Warrington Opera House Opens! October 16, 1902 Spanish Flu Shuts Down Oak Park October 19, 1918 Construction of Fenwick High School Begins October 13, 1928 The Flood of 1986 October 1, 1986 "Art on Harrison" Brings Life to the Arts District October 9, 1996 November Johannes S. Anderson Oak Park's Own 'Sergeant York' November 11, 1918 Mr. Bentley's Boulder November 11, 1928 Gigantic Balloon Parade Welcomes Santa to Oak Park November 13, 1947 The Making of a Liberal Village: Presidential Elections 1968-1988 November 1, 1968 December Iroquois Fire Takes Lives of Oak Parkers December 30, 1903 Hope in Hard Times: Christmas 1933 December 14, 1933 Santa Comes to Town December 5, 1936 Gearing Up For the Battle On the Home Front December 8, 1941 The Seekers of Cuyler Avenue December 24, 1954 Gilmore's Closes Its Doors December 31, 1976
