Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 74 degrees (2020)

Low temperature: 11 degrees (1991)

Precipitation: 1.83 inches (1959)

Snowfall: 0.3 inches (1962)

1924: Albert Bailey George was elected the city’s first Black judge. The 51-year-old Northwestern University law school graduate and practicing attorney “won a place on the Municipal bench by a vote approximately 65,000 over his nearest Democratic rival,” the Tribune reported.

1929: Lyric Opera House (then Civic Opera House) opened — just six days after the stock market crashed. It was home to the Chicago Civic Op

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