The name "Illinois" comes from a Native American word meaning "tribe of superior men." The world's first skyscraper, the ten-story Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1885.The IATA airport code "ORD" for Chicago's O'Hare Airport comes from its original name, Orchard Field. O'Hare Airport was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare. The first all-color TV station, WMAQ-TV, debuted in Chicago on April 15, 1956.
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The name "Illinois" comes from a Native American word meaning "tribe of superior men." The world's first skyscraper, the ten-story Home Insurance Building, was built in Chicago in 1885.The IATA airport code "ORD" for Chicago's O'Hare Airport comes from its original name, Orchard Field. O'Hare Airport was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare. The first all-color TV station, WMAQ-TV, debuted in Chicago on April 15, 1956.
