Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 65 degrees (2008)
- Low temperature: Minus 16 degrees (1912)
- Precipitation: 0.65 inches (1907)
- Snowfall: 3.9 inches (2010)
1927: The Harlem Globetrotters played their first road game in Hinckley, Ill. So goes the story, anyway…