Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 95 degrees (1952)

Low temperature: 42 degrees (1993)

Precipitation: 2.37 inches (2000)

Snowfall: None

1924: A caravan of vehicles transported friends Nathan “Babe” Leopold Jr. and Richard “Dickie” Loeb — who killed Robert “Bobby” Franks after they offered him a ride home from school — to Joliet where they would become convicts No. 9305 and No. 9306 in Illinois’ penal system.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Leopold and Loeb

The pair were greeted by a mob of rep

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