Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 30, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 85 degrees (1950)

Low temperature: 21 degrees (1988)

Precipitation: 0.83 inches (1919)

Snowfall: 1.2 inches (2019)

1912: Medinah Temple , a rectangular building with a pair of crescent-crowned domes and Arabic influences, opened on Wabash Avenue just one year after construction of the world’s largest amphitheater built by a social organization began. Today it’s home to Bally’s Chicago Casino.

1942: Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos were promoted to Chicago Bears co-coaches while George Halas returned to the U.S. Navy during Wo

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