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Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama applaud along with their daughters Sasha, left, and Malia, second left, during the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony on June 18, 2026. Former President Bill Clinton is at right. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Diana Ross sings at the opening ceremony of the World Cup on June 17, 1994, at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
Juan Manuel Pina of Mexico gets plenty of shade wearing a sombrero on June 17, 1994, in the parking lot outside Soldier Field in Chicago. The sombrero was decorated with Mexican flags and flags of other soccer clubs in honor of the World Cup. (José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)
The temperature is high and so is the enthusiasm during the "Chicago Welcomes the World Cup" parade on June 15, 1994, on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. (Brent Jones/Chicago Tribune)
The U.S. Soccer Federation's Hank Steinbrecher, left, presents Mayor Richard Daley, right, with a jersey during the World Cup host city announcement on March 23, 1992, at City Hall in Chicago. (Walter Kale/Chicago Tribune)
United States center forward Joe Gaetjens is carried off by cheering fans after his team beat England 1-0 in a World Cup soccer match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on June 28, 1950. (AP)
Michelle Thompson, shown at her home in Munster, Indiana, on Feb. 3, 2026, filed a lawsuit after her younger sister, Melony Thompson, died in July 2020 following elective surgery performed by Dr. Ayoub Sayeg. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Melony Thompson, left, and her older sister, Michelle, smile together in a photo shown on Michelle's phone in February 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Crystal Walker Keating, whose grave is in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, died in a hospital in 2018 after undergoing several procedures in Dr. Ayoub Sayeg's Chicago surgical center. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
This image of a billboard advertising Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s plastic surgery center was filed as an exhibit in a Chicago woman’s lawsuit against the doctor regarding her 2018 surgery. A jury ruled in Sayeg’s favor in that case. (Cook County Circuit Clerk)