Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 1, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 81 degrees (1950)

Low temperature: 21 degrees (1879)

Precipitation: 2.74 inches (1985)

Snowfall: 1.1 inches (1954)

1942: With men serving in the armed forces during World War II, Lincoln Park Zoo offered “the same pay and the same privileges as men” for women looking for jobs for up to 100 jobs offered through the Chicago Park District. Women — who requested work as truck drivers, garage attendants, tractor operators and laborers — applied for these positions through the Park District, many listing “long experience in the care of

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