Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 26 according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 92 degrees (2017)

Low temperature: 35 degrees (1928)

Precipitation: 2.71 inches (1933)

Snowfall: None

1833: The Treaty of Chicago , signed by Native Americans, ceded their land in Illinois.

1960: Held at WBBM-TV studios , 630 N. McClurg Court, Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy squared off in the first presidential debate shown on TV . (The studios were demolished in 2009, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago opened at the site in 2017.) Yes, Nixon appeared sweaty while Kennedy appeared poised an

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