Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 14, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 60 degrees (1928)
- Low temperature: Minus 14 degrees (1979)
- Precipitation: 1.1 inches (1871)
- Snowfall: 6.3 inches (1929)
1947: Former Chicago Bears end Bill Hewitt — one of the last NFL players to not wear a helmet — died at 37 after his car skidded off a wet road and hit a culvert in Pennsylvania…