Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 97 degrees (1955)

Low temperature: 42 degrees (1986)

Precipitation: 1.45 inches (1932)

Snowfall: None

1929: The Graf Zeppelin flew over Chicago, including Soldier Field, for 18 minutes as it made its way to Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending its 20,000-mile trip around the world in 21 days.

1955: Eight days after 14-year-old Emmett Till took the City of New Orleans train from Chicago to stay with his great-uncle Moses Wright and great-aunt Elizabeth Wright in Money, Mississippi, the Black teen was taken from the Wrights’ home

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