Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Vintage editorial: A celebration of women’s suffrage: ‘It has been a long fight and a hard one’

Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 97 degrees (1973)

Low temperature: 47 degrees (1887)

Precipitation: 2.46 inches (1987)

Snowfall: Trace (1929)

1818: The Illinois Constitutional Convention adopted a constitution and selected Kaskaskia as the first state capital.

1868: Two pairs of swans arrived in Chicago, establishing the Lincoln Park Zoo , which has remained free to patrons ever since.

1926: The Tribune reported a new name — Black Hawks (Yes, two words) —

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