Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 67 degrees (1950)
- Low temperature: Minus 20 degrees (1897)
- Precipitation: 1.12 inches (1990)
- Snowfall: 4.6 inches (1895)
1947: Former Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone died in Florida.
Syphilis-related complications earned Capone an early release from prison in 1939, after he served seven years for tax evasion.
Al Capone’s final days, death in Florida and burial in Chicago — why we remember it 75 years later
Almost eight years later and some 1,400 miles away from Chicago, Capone’s final months were spent with family at his Palm Island estate near Miami.
1993: Sears closed its money-losing catalog division, which meant the demise of its storied Big Book.
The company closed its last store in Illinois in 2021.
1994: The Chicago Wolves formed as part of the International League and would play at the Rosemont Horizon (now Allstate Arena).
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