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Today in History—October 8: The Day Chicago Burned
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Illustration of the Great Chicago Fire, with flames and thick smoke sweeping across the waterfront as boats crowd the river in the foreground.
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October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire starts burning
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress Washington DC (LC-USZ62-14092); Photo Illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.