Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 28, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 79 degrees (1986)
- Low temperature: 9 degrees (1887)
- Precipitation: 1.48 inches (2020)
- Snowfall: 5.3 inches (1894)
1918: Grace Wilson became the first Black woman to join the Chicago police. She remained on the force for almost 25 years.
1920: The “Palm Sunday” tornadoes : Around noon, with temperatures rising through the 60s, Chicago-area skies turned dark as waves of thunderstorms swept into the area. By 1:15 p.m., wide portions of the metropolitan area from DeKalb east to Joliet and north to Wauconda and Wilmette were in shambles; 28 people had perished and more than 400 had been injured…