Banking. All banks require a valid Social Security number prior to opening any form of account, including checking, savings, certificates of deposit, credit cards, vehicle loans and mortgages. They use this for exclusive identification purposes, as no two people have the same number.
The first official Christmas tree in the city of Chicago was installed in 1913 in Grant Park and lit on Christmas Eve by then-mayor Carter Harrison. This first tree was a 35-foot (11 m) tall spruce tree.
REAL FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE. The fire began at around 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 1871. In the end, it destroyed an area of the city four whole miles long and one mile wide. Like some of the characters in the book, many children living in Chicago at the time of the Great Chicago Fire were orphaned.