Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Is an important event missing from this date? Email us .
Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 70 degrees (1999)
- Low temperature: Minus 14 degrees (1885)
- Precipitation: 0.83 inches (2009)
- Snowfall: 8.3 inches (1956)
Vintage Chicago Tribune: World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 and Century of Progress, 1933-1934…