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

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 101 degrees (1953)

Low temperature: 45 degrees (1949)

Precipitation: 2.92 inches (1977)

Snowfall: None

1880: Rome designated the Diocese of Chicago an archdiocese , raising it to preeminence among all dioceses in the region and established Bishop Patrick Feehan as the city’s first archbishop.

1909: State and Madison streets became the baseline — or ground zero — of a new citywide grid system that changed virtually all addresses and also formed the basis for the street systems of many suburbs.

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