Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 24, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 83 degrees (2023)

Low temperature: 17 degrees (1981)

Precipitation: 1.85 inches (2021)

Snowfall: Trace (2013)

1873: William Frederick Poole of Cincinnati was elected librarian by the Chicago Public Library board. His salary was $4,000 per year. He became the first librarian at the Newberry Library in 1887.

1931: Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone — one week after he was found guilty by a federal jury on five counts of income tax indictments — was sentenced to 11 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

Al Capone’s final days, de

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