09/13/1944
Chicago bass player Peter Cetera was born on this day.

10/13/1944
Chicago keyboardist, Robert Lamm, has a birthday today.

03/14/1945
Walter Parazaider of the group Chicago was born on this day.

01/31/1946
Chicago guitarist Terry Kath was born on this day.

10/21/1946
Chicago trumpet player Lee Loughnane was born today.

08/20/1947
Chicago trombone player James Pankow was born today.

08/28/1948
Chicago drummer Daniel Seraphine was born today.

02/15/1967
The band 'Chicago' formed.

04/08/1971
Chicago begins a week-long engagement at Carnegie Hall in New York. These concerts were immortalized as Chicago's fourth album, a four LP vinyl box set, aptly named 'Chicago at Carnegie Hall.'

05/20/1971
Peter Cetera, vocalist and bass player with Chicago, underwent emergency surgery lasting five hours after losing four teeth while attending a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. A gang of rednecks objected to the length of Peter's rock star hair, and clarified their feelings with their fists in a somewhat cowardly manner.

01/23/1978
Chicago guitarist Terry Kath died after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a pistol he didn't know was loaded.

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