Every year we mark important dates on the calendar to remember historic events. Next week, May 8, is one of them. For centuries it was celebrated as the date Joan of Arc led the French armies to ...

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📆 Today in History News. History. ... Chicago Municipal Airport, at 63rd and Cicero Avenue on May 8, 1926. City leaders hailed the event as opening a new chapter in Chicago's development.