Al Capone’s name has become synonymous with Prohibition-era gang violence. Like many outlaws of the era, he is today romanticized as a mob legend, Capone’s actual climb to the top in 1920s Chicago was ...

1933: Chicagoans drank up as 3.2% beer became legal after 13 years of Prohibition. 1972: Two cars of a four-car CTA “L” train ...

During Prohibition, the U.S. government added toxins to industrial alcohol, knowing it could kill. The result? A chemical war ...

I grew up in the Chicago area and moved back to the city in 2022 shortly after graduating from college. As a Reuters ...

But when put into a historical context [like Prohibition-era Chicago], the player already sort of knows what's going on there," Romero said. "Our lives are a system soup, right? So if you're ...

OH MY GOSH. SO BASICALLY, YEAH, YOU HAVE THESE TWO MUSICIANS AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY WITNESS A MOB HIT DURING PROHIBITION ERA CHICAGO. SO THEY HAVE TO GO ON THE RUN. THEY DISGUISE THEMSELVES AS WOMEN.

That Boess had to ask tells you plenty about how well it was working. When the Prohibition era in the United States began on January 19, 1920, a few sage observers predicted it would not go well.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Born in Alabama to former ...