Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 22, 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: 32 degrees (1995)

Precipitation: 1.73 inches (2006)

Snowfall: Trace (1952)

1910: Seventeen young women abandoned their sewing machines at the Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothing manufacturer in Pilsen, initiating a strike that lasted four months and eventually involved some 40,000 workers. They were furious because the Chicago clothing manufacturer had cut their rate from 4 cents to 3 ¾ cents a garment. Other female employees soon joined them — including their leader Bessie Abramowitz .

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