Frank Annunzio (January 12, 1915 April 8, 2001) was an American politician from Chicago, Illinois. January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

Annunzio, an Italian-American was born in Chicago, where he remained for his entire childhood and much of his adulthood. He attended Crane Technical High School and DePaul University. He then had careers and high school teacher and labor leader. In 1964 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from a district in Chicago as a member of the United States Democratic Party. He was reelected 13 times and served from 1965 to 1993, deciding not to run for reelection in 1992. He was chairman of several committees including the House Administration Committee during his later terms in congress, and was particularly notable for serving on a subcommittee for consumer affairs. In 1989 he urged people to burn credit cards in order to drive down interest rates and stop themselves from going into debt. An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent. ... DePaul University is a university in Chicago that was founded by the Vincentians in 1898. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Credit cards A credit card system is a type of retail transaction settlement and credit system, named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. ...

Annunzio died in Chicago of Parkinson's Disease and was interred in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery.