The City of Chicago: Fun Facts About Chicago

Fun Facts About Chicago

Thursday, April 10, 2008 | Labels: chicago, facts | |

Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable - "The Father of Chicago," the first settler in Chicago, Illinois.
William B. Ogden - Chicago's first mayor.
Jane M. Byrne - Chicago's first and only woman mayor.
Harold Washington - Chicago's first African-American mayor.
Ernie Banks - the first Chicago Cubs African-American player.
Chicago's Mercy Hospital - Illinois' first hospital.
The Adler Planetarium - the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere.
Western Avenue - the world's longest street.
Harold Washington Library/The Chicago Public Library - the world's largest public library.
The Chicago Post Office - the only drive-thourgh post office in the world.
Nabisco - the largest cookie and cracker factory in the world is located in Chicago.
Keebler - the world's largest ice cream cone factory is located in Chicago.
Charles Dana - a New York Sun editor that coined the now famous monicker "Windy City."
The Taste of Chicago - the world's largest free outdorr food festival.
These Are My Children - first TV daytime soap opera ever aired, making Chicago the birthplace of TV daytime soap opera.
Playboy - first published in Chicago in 1953.