June 29. Chicago becomes largest U.S. city in area, 1889.

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June 29, 1889. Chicago becomes largest U.S. city in area after Hyde Park and other surrounding towns vote for annexation.1910 postcard called 'A Birdseye View of Chicago.'

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June 30. Blondin's high wire act at Niagara Falls, 1859.

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June 29. Harmon Killebrew is born in 1936.