Seven people are found shot to death at Brown's Chicken and Pasta in Palatine. The crime remains unsolved. The tragedy prompted changes in the city's fire code. He is later sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Motorists scoop up tens of thousands of dollars that fall from an armored car on the Stevenson Expy.
Downpours flood much of the South Side.
His keystone work was an analysis of slavery that concluded the system was profitable and probably would have continued had the Civil War and the emancipation of slaves not taken place.