Today in Chicago History: McCormick Place burns

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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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 …

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