1933: Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was struck by an assassin’s bullet presumably intended for President-elect Franklin D.

On February 15, 1933, shots rang out in Bayfront Park. Italian anarchist Giuseppe Zangara stood on a wooden folding chair, held up a pawnshop .32-caliber pistol, and fired at President-elect Franklin ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Fiske lived a brief but extraordinary ...