Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 3, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 81 degrees (1956)
- Low temperature: 17 degrees (1987)
- Precipitation: 0.93 inches (1974)
- Snowfall: 2.7 inches (1984)
1923: Wiliam “Decent” Dever — a “wet” Democrat — was elected mayor on the reform ticket, in an attempt to clean up the rampant vice in Chicago.
