Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 29, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The patent for a "clasp locker" for ...
August 29th marks the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium — the day in 1970 when tens of thousands of people marched through East L.A. to protest the number of Latinos dying in the Vietnam War.