Also, that year Salvatore "Sam" Giancana (1908-1975, 67 years old) became a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit, an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago which originated in the city's South Side in 1910.
It’s reputed and was at least partially corroborated by government hearings that during President Kennedy’s administration, the CIA recruited Giancana and other mobsters to assassinate Fidel Castro. Giancana reportedly said that CIA and the Cosa Nostra were "different sides of the same coin"
Even though police were guarding his house in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, on the night of June 19, 1975, shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the aforementioned government committee (the Church Committee) which was investigating CIA and Cosa Nostra collusion, a gunman entered his home through the basement and shot Giancana in the head and neck seven times with a .22 caliber pistol. Who did it? 
In 1942, a less well known event was taking place in Chicago, the city chess championship which started in June and was played over several months. It was won by Herman Hahlbohm (July 10, 1886 – January 13, 1963, 76 years old). He was one of Chicago's most prominent players in the early 1900s.
He secured the title in the following last round game in which he scored a victory over Einar Michelson while defending titleholder Samuel Factor was held to a draw in an 82-move battle with Lewis J. Isaacs in what was the only drawn game of the championship
finals.
Einar Michelsen (1885-1962, 67 years old), was born in Odense, Denmark. In 1903, he helped found the Danish chess magazine Skakbladet. Michelsen emigrated to the United States in 1905, living mainly in Chicago but also in Kansas City and New York.
Einar Michaelson–Herman Hahlbohm0–1B15Chicago Championship1942Stockfish 17
B15: Caro-Kann 1.e4 c6 Black prepares 2...d5 but unlike the French yjr C-K does not hinder the development of the light-squared B. 2.d4 2.c4 is my personal favorite. d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 White usually enfs up with an isolated d-Pawn which is a position I always enjoyed playing. 2...d5 3.c3 dxe4 4.c4 The Hennig Gambit; it's risky, f6 5.g5 5.f3 is the usual continuation. exf3 6.xf3 With the exception of material lovers most players would prefer white because of his lead in development. Enginrd like blavk by something less than a P. 5...g4 6.f3 exf3 7.xf3 xf3 8.xf3 Surrendering the d-Pawn, but 8.cxf3 is too ugly to consider. xd4 9.b3 White's opening play has been a bust and there is no reaon why black, short of a huge blunder should not anticipate winning. bd7 10.d1 e5+ 11.e3 e6 12.0-0 c5 13.fe1 0-0-0 14.h1 It was probably his intention to plat Nf4 h5 Of course black is more that willing to trade Qs and head foe an ending. but it was a bad decision! 14...xe3 15.xe3 c7 Black is two Ps up with an insuperable position. 15.f4 Of course white avoids the exchange, but it is also a bad decision. 15.xh5 xh5 16.xd7 A little tactical shot that both players missed. White gets the advantage in all variations. xd7 16...xe3 17.xd8+ xd8 18.xe3 White is better. 16...xd7 17.xc5 White is better. 17.xc5 White is better. 15...xe3 16.xe3 c5 17.f1 Threatens to win with Re5. xb3 18.cxb3 d7 19.e5 g4 20.e3 d4 Black has not only a material advantage, but dominates the d-file. White is helpless. 21.xd4 xd4 22.g5 d7 22...d8 and black stays on top by bringing the K over to defend the f-Pawn 23.xg7 e7 24.h3 d2 25.a4 hd8 26.g3 g8 23.xg7 This attack on the f-Pawn gives white new hope. f6 24.e2 This move allowing the R to reach the second rabk is wrong. 24... Rd1 was correct. d2 25.f4 e5 Excelletn! This P has a bright furure. 25,,, Rxb2 is not quite as good if for no other reason than it is less active. 26.h5 e8 This is too passive because now with 27.Kg1 bringing the K closer to the potentially dangerous e-Pawn, white would have very nearly equalized. 26... e4 or even 26...Rxb2 were much better. 27.h3 Pointless. 27.g1 and it's a new game. f5 28.xh7 28.xf5 e4 29.f1 e3 30.f4 e2 31.e1 f6 32.f2 e4+ 33.f3 d1 34.xe2 f1+ 35.g4 h5+ 36.xh5 f6+ 37.xf6 xe2 Technically black is winning, but by prolonging the game white obtains practical chances. 28...f8 29.f2 with about equal chances. 27...e4 Black is back on the winning track. Less strong is taking the b-Pawn as there is no good reason to allow himself to be sidetracked by a P or two. Less strong is 27...xb2 28.xf6 f8 29.xd7 28.xf6 xf6 29.xf6 e3 White resigned. 0–1
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