Anniversary

A Chinese restaurant in Wisconsin has an amazing milestone coming up and you're invited to come celebrate with them.

Right now, in January of 2022, Chicago Bears fans are wondering who will be given the job as the team's next head coach. 40 years ago this week, the same sort of wondering was going on.

On the evening of April 9th, 2015, an extremely violent and long-lived tornado tore through the communities near Rochelle and in Fairdale, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured.

In honor of Illinois becoming a state on this date in 1818, let's take a look at what we Illinoisans voted as the "Illinois Top 200."

Sunday night marked the anniversary of the former "Public Enemy #1" being killed by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.

It's arguably the most famous speech in American history, and from November 13th through November 26th, you can check out one of 5 surviving copies of the Gettysburg Address (handwritten by Abraham Lincoln) at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

If you're a long-time Rockford or Rockford-area resident, you're probably familiar with Toad Hall. Shortly after starting here at WROK (back in the day when we still played music, and some of it from vinyl), my old friend, and long-time on-air personality Chuck Doyle took me over to Toad Hall to stock up on a bunch of music for our oldies show, The Saturday Night Cruise.

Guinness World Records is celebrating their 60th anniversary (which is probably a record for record books), and the on-going celebration is shining the spotlight on some of their more unusual records and record holders. To give you some examples, there are world records for: Wealthiest cat Most milkshake dispensed through the nose Largest collection of garden gnomes Most toilet seats broken with

Today marks the 46th anniversary of the first moon walk. On July 20, 1969, more than a half billion people watched it all takes place on television. Just think of the ad rates that could be charged today for an event like that! You can see the CBS TV network coverage above...

He did it the first time on June 6, 1944. Now, Jock Hutton, an 89 year old World War II veteran has done it again. Jock commemorated the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion by tandem parachuting into the French village of Ranville. Take a look at his story: