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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 23, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 69 degrees (1931)

Low temperature: Minus 1 degree (1950)

Precipitation: 1.55 inches (1983)

Snowfall: 2 inches (1981)

1912: The Rouse Simmons, known as the “Christmas Tree Ship,” vanished in a storm on Lake Michigan during its trip from Michigan to Chicago. There were no survivors .

Many of the trees and evergreen wreaths that washed ashore were sold to benefit the families of the 17-member crew.

When the Christmas spirit foundered in Chicago

The wife of its Capt. Herman Schuene

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