Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 22, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 83 degrees (2012)
- Low temperature: Minus 1 degree (1888)
- Precipitation: 1.13 inches (1993)
- Snowfall: 3.4 inches (1993)
1946: After posting an ad listing the property as available, the War Assets Administration handed over the 1,080-acre Douglas Field site to the city of Chicago — while keeping 200 acres to be used by the U.S. Army for storage — at no cost. But, there was a catch: If any atom bomb material were to be discovered at the site, then it had to be turned over to the federal government…