Today in Chicago History: Cubs manager Lee Elia delivers epic, expletive-laden rant
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 29, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us.
Business page flashback: April 30, 2020 2020: Chicago-based Boeing announced plan to cut about 16,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, due to the grounding of its 737 Max jet and the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing moved its ...
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 29, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us .
Business page flashback: April 30, 2020 2020: Chicago-based Boeing announced plan to cut about 16,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, due to the grounding of its 737 Max jet and the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing moved its headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, two years later. Editorial: Chicago didn’t ruin Boeing, but the company paid a price for moving out of Seattle.
Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago ) High temperature: 88 degrees (1970) Low temperature: 31 degrees (2018) Precipitation: 2. 75 inches (1909) Snowfall: Trace (2014) 1983: “I guess I lost it,” Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia told reporters April 29, 1983, hours after he made an epic rant ripping the team’s fans — a three-minute tirade peppered with more than 50 profane words including 30 “F-bombs. ” Only a few reporters were present when Elia delivered the diatribe, but it soon became legendary after WSCR-AM 670 personality Les Grobstein captured it in full on his tape recorder.
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