Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 60 degrees (2008)
- Low temperature: Minus 16 degrees (2014)
- Precipitation: 1.44 inches (1918)
- Snowfall: 14.4 inches (1918)
1918: A two-day blizzard (which began on this day) dropped 14.9 inches of snow on Chicago. It’s the ninth largest snowstorm in the city’s history.
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2019: Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey’s 43-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds of the Bears’ wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field clanked off the uprights — hitting the left upright before bouncing off the crossbar. Parkey’s “Double doink” cost the Bears the game and a chance to advance in the playoffs.
2021: At least 49 people from Illinois have been accused and convicted as part of the ongoing investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which prosecutors have described as one of the largest criminal investigations in American history.
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