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2. Tourism in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago tourism recorded 55 million visitors in 2017. [3] In 2016, Chicago saw 54.1 million visitors; a 2.9% increase from 2015. [4] In 2015, it was estimated that 50.1 million visitors came to Chicago, which was a 4.5 percent increase from 2014. [5] From 2010 through 2014, the tourism and hospitality industries have added 9,800 jobs ...

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   Fox News 4 days ago On this day in history, August 7, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki raft make it to Polynesia. Thor Heyerdahl and his crew aboard the Kon-Tiki raft made it across the ...

4. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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   Brussels International (1897) in Brussels. The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [ 1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a ...

5. List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;

6. Century of Progress - Wikipedia

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   A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934. The fair, registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), celebrated the city's centennial. Designed largely in Art Deco style, the theme of the fair ...

7. Midway International Airport - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago area, featuring Chicago Midway and O'Hare International Airports. In 1931, a new passenger terminal opened at 62nd St; [9] the following year the airport claimed to be the "World's Busiest" with over 100,846 passengers on 60,947 flights. [11] (The July 1932 Official Aviation Guide (OAG) shows 206 scheduled airline departures a week.)