Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 18, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 94 degrees (1955)

Low temperature: 40 degrees (1903)

Precipitation: 2.41 inches (2015)

Snowfall: None

1889: Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr opened Hull House , which offered cultural and educational programs and social-reform efforts for the poor at 800 S. Halsted St. in Chicago’s 19th Ward. With the help of private donors, it prospered . By 1907, Hull House — which was named after its original owner Charles Jerald Hull — consisted of 13 buildings covering a city block.

In addition to Hull House, Addams led a highly unpopu

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