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

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 92 degrees (1955)

Low temperature: 37 degrees (1984)

Precipitation: 1.16 inches (1980)

Snowfall: None

1943: A war bond rally at Soldier Field featured Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, Harpo Marx and more Hollywood performers who raised more than $200 million.

1960: Former University of Chicago athletic director Amos Alonzo Stagg quit coaching football — at age 98 . The Yale graduate guided the Maroons from 1892 until 1932, when he reached the school’s retirement age of 70. Stagg was offered a department positi

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