| The Coast Guard continued to search for bodies of victims of a giant wave that washed dozens of fishermen off the Montrose Harbor pier on June 26, 1954. Eight people were killed. (Al Phillips/Chicago American) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area from June 22-28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Are we missing an important event? Email me. — Kori Rumore The first Dairy Queen opened in Joliet on June 22, 1940. By the time this advertisement was published in the Tribune in 1950, there were six locations in the Chicago area. (Chicago Tribune) June 22, 1940: The original Dairy Queen opened at 501 N. Chicago St. in Joliet. Sherwood Noble (known as Sherb) started selling soft-serve ice cream — which had been created by his friend J.F. McCullough — at his Kankakee ice cream store in 1938. He chose the name
of the new shop to reflect his belief, “the cow was the queen on the dairy industry.” Noble died in 1991, and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired Dairy Queen in 1997. June 23, 1895: A Chicago Colts game against Cleveland was interrupted after the third inning so the entire team could be arrested for violating laws banning baseball games on Sunday. While a West Side Grounds crowd of 10,000 fans waited, the players were marched into the clubhouse where they signed $100 bail bonds. They then returned to the field to finish a 13-4 victory. Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews lifts the Stanley Cup following their victory in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, June 24, 2013, at TD Garden
in Boston, Massachusetts. (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune) June 24, 2013: The Chicago Blackhawks topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 6 to win their second Stanley Cup in four years. June 25, 1943: The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals played without the aid of lights at Wrigley Field in the National League’s first twilight game. Though the first pitch was thrown at 6 p.m., Major League Baseball still considered it a day game. The Cubs
shut out the Cardinals 6-0. The Cubs’ first night game didn’t take place until 45 years later. Inhalator squads work on fisherman John Jaworski, 52, at North Avenue beach after a huge wave hit the lake front and killed eight people on June
26, 1954. Jaworski was swept off the pier and was one of the eight people killed. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) June 26, 1954: A seiche hit Chicago. Or, did it? Lee Trevino lies near the 13th hole after being struck by lightning during the second round of the Western Open at the Butler National Golf Club
in Oakbrook, on June 28, 1975. He was treated at Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital for shoulder burns. (AP) June 27, 1975: Lee Trevino and two other golfers were hospitalized after being struck by lightning while playing in the Western Open at Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook. Trevino was knocked out and hospitalized for two days. “My heart stopped, and the doctor told me if it wasn’t in such good shape, I’d have been gone,” he said in 1991. Victims of former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge stand to be honored by Chicago City Council on May 6, 2015.
(Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune) June 28, 2010: Decades after torture allegations were first leveled against former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge’s “Midnight Crew,” a federal jury convicted him on all three counts of obstruction of justice and perjury for lying in a civil lawsuit about the torture of suspects in attempt to obtain confessions. He was sentenced to prison and released in 2014. Burge died in 2018. Want more vintage Chicago? Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, follow Today in Chicago History, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore at krumore@chicagotribune.com. | 
