Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
High temperature: 100 degrees (1960)
Low temperature: 42 degrees (1986)
Precipitation: 1.79 inches (1980)
Snowfall: None
From Halas to Hester: The 32 Chicago Bears inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
1963: Chicago Bears owner/coach/player George Halas was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1986: Instant replay was used in the NFL for the first time in a game between the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. Bears center Jay Hilgenberg snapped the ball past quarterback Jim McMahon and it was recovered deep in the end zone by B