This timeline includes a selection of local, national, and international events that took place in 1909, the year the Plan of Chicago appeared. Click on one of the red vertical lines to read a "Headline" from that date, and then click on the "Headline" for a fuller account. Close the "Headline" boxes by clicking on the red dot in the lower–right–hand corner of the box. Move the mouse to the right of the word "View" in order to expand or contract the time period on display.