Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 21, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 94 degrees (2017)

Low temperature: 39 degrees (1991)

Precipitation: 1.67 inches (1947)

Snowfall: None

Vintage Chicago Tribune: The White Sox’s wild ride into the team’s 125th season

1901: The Chicago White Stockings (later known as the White Sox) captured the American League’s first pennant . The team — which also finished atop the Western League the previous season — finished with an 83-53 record. That was four games ahead of the Boston Americans.

1969: Twenty-seven people were killed when Mexicana Airlines Flight MX801 , w

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