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2 unusual facts about Anton Cermak


Codeball

Dr. Code developed the game for his friend, Anton Cermak, at that time head of the Cook County Board, who sought an inexpensive outdoor game suited to large playgrounds.

James E. Bistor

Mayor Anton Cermak and other politicians desperately tried to break the strike by threatening criminal prosecution of Bistor and other ARET leaders and revocation of city services.


Bayfront Park

On February 15, 1933, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was shot three times in the chest and mortally wounded while shaking hands with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in front of Bayfront Park by assassin Giuseppe Zangara.

Patrick Nash

His prominence stems from the death of Anton Cermak and his political career is intertwined with that of Edward Joseph Kelly.


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