Chicago/CHR Timeline By churrell Period: Apr 16, 1910 to Apr 16, 2015 Chicago/CHR History Apr 16, 1916 CHR Comes to CHI Mar 18, 1923 London Guarantee Building Dec 17, 1923 Midway Airport May 1, 1924 Wrigley Building Oct 17, 1925 Tribune Building May 12, 1930 Adler Planetarium May 13, 1930 Shedd Aquarium Oct 17, 1930 Merchandise Mart Jan 1, 1937 Chicago Centennial Apr 16, 1945 Robinson takes on produce transportation Apr 16, 1946 Lake Shore Drive Apr 16, 1947 100-Year Anniversary of Chicago Tribune Apr 16, 1955 C.H. Robinson’s Omaha branch leads Robinson’s move into truck brokerage for exempt commodities Apr 16, 1955 First McDonald's Opens in Des Plaines Apr 16, 1959 Second City Comedy Troupe Formed Apr 16, 1968 The 1968 Democratic National Convention Apr 16, 1969 Hancock Tower Apr 16, 1973 Sears Tower Apr 16, 1976 Robinson employees buy out Nash Finch’s shares of Robinson stock and the company becomes 100% employee owned Apr 16, 1977 Chicago Marathon Begins Apr 16, 1979 Robinson adopts IBM mainframe technology, beginning a new era of centrally supported technology, electronic communications, and information sharing Apr 16, 1983 Harold Washington, first African-American Mayor Apr 16, 1985 Bears win the Super Bowl Apr 16, 1987 The C.H. Robinson branch network grows to 50 branches Apr 16, 1988 C.H. Robinson enters the intermodal business Apr 16, 1990 C.H. Robinson begins providing air cargo services Apr 16, 1991 Beginning of Bulls/Jordan First 3-Peat Apr 16, 1992 C.H. Robinson attains $1 billion in gross revenues Apr 16, 1995 Beginning of Bulls second 3-peat Apr 16, 1997 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW) becomes a publicly traded company Apr 16, 1999 CHRW acquires American Backhaulers Apr 16, 2005 CHRW 100 Anniversary Apr 16, 2005 White Sox Win World Series Apr 16, 2008 Obama Historic Victory Speech Apr 16, 2009 Trump Tower Apr 16, 2012 CHRW acquires Phoenix International
