Today in History for Nov. 24: In 1639, astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks first observed the transit of Venus across the Sun. In 1642, Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, a triangular-shaped ...

• On October 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, encouraged by Sarah Joseph Hale who wrote “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, proclaimed Thanksgiving as an official holiday and specified the date to be the last Thursday ...

The Canadian real estate firm that recently revamped and leased up a Loop office tower has set its sights on another one across the street from Google's future Chicago home.