Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Prohibition began 100 years ago this week. Americans are drinking more now than we were then.
Front page flashback: Jan. 17, 1967
1967: McCormick Place was destroyed by fire.
Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 57 degrees (1990)
- Low temperature: Minus 25 degrees (1982)
- Precipitation: 0.90 inches (2017)
- Snowfall: 6.4 inches (1885)
1906: Marshall Field died in New York of pneumonia contracted during a winter game of golf. He’s buried in Graceland Cemetery.
1926: Red Grange scored two touchdowns before more than 70,000 fans in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Chicago Bears beat the Los Angeles Tigers 17-7.
1982: ‘It’s awful!’ Chicago recorded its third-coldest temperature — minus 25 degrees.
Chicago weather: A look back at our coldest recorded temperatures
2017: “Here is something none of my predecessors ever got a chance to say: Welcome to the White House the World Series Champion, Chicago Cubs!”
President Barack Obama honored the 2016 Chicago Cubs with a celebration day in Washington, D.C.
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