Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 29, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 88 degrees (1986)
- Low temperature: 9 degrees (1887)
- Precipitation: 1.33 inches (1979)
- Snowfall: 7.7 inches (1954)
1964: Chicago experienced 7.1 inches of snow on Easter Sunday — the heaviest Easter snowfall on record and the largest last snow of the winter ever for the city.
1988: Workers began ripping out the 9-year-old artificial turf at Soldier Field. Turf was first installed at the stadium in 1971 — but did anyone really like it? Bears fans scooped up drink coasters and even doormats made of the plastic grass…