Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 75 degrees (1930)

Low temperature: 10 degrees (1894)

Precipitation: 0.96 inches (1985)

Snowfall: 2.2 inches (1955)

1934: William “Billy Goat” Sianis bought the Lincoln Tavern, 1855 W. Madison St., across from the old Chicago Stadium (which was replaced in 1995 by the United Center).

According to a Tribune story from 1938, Sianis renamed the bar the Billy Goat Tavern within a year of opening after a goat fell off a truck and wandered into the bar. When Sianis and his goat, Murphy, tried to enter a World Series game at Wrigley Fie

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