Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Vintage Chicago Tribune Extra Edition: ELVIS IS DEAD!!!!!

Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 98 degrees (1988)

Low temperature: 48 degrees (2004)

Precipitation: 3.79 inches (1968)

Snowfall: None

1927: New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit a home run over the roof of a new double deck in right field at Comiskey Park. It was his 37th home run of the season. “Such a blow started from Wrigley field would jeopardize the lives of golfers on the Lincoln park course, it was estimated,” Edward Burns wrote.

The Yankees beat the Chicago

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