Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 90 degrees (1930)
- Low temperature: 25 degrees (1989)
- Precipitation: 2.41 inches (1871)
- Snowfall: 3 inches (2007)
1979: The U.S. Office for Civil Rights charged in a 102-page document that the Chicago Board of Education had systematically contained Black students in overcrowded, segregated schools, primarily through the use of mobile classrooms.
“This is what we’ve been telling the government for years,” said Robert C. Lucas, head of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization.
After the federal agency’s findings, the Chicago schools moved to create magnet schools and other programs that attracted students from across the city.
1936: The Chicago Bears signed their first-ever draft pick (at No. 6): Joe Stydahar, a tackle from West Virginia.
Stydahar was named second-team All-Pro as a rookie in 1936, then first-team after the next four seasons. He helped the Bears win NFL championships in 1940 and ’41, served in the Navy in 1943-44, returned for the final three games of the 1945 season and in his final year helped the Bears win another title in 1946.
The Bears went 72-52-2 (.737) in Stydahar’s nine seasons.
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