Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
High temperature: 93 degrees (2018)
Low temperature: 36 degrees (1991)
Precipitation: 1.33 inches (2001)
Snowfall: None
Sept. 20, 1902: Chicago White Sox pitcher Nixey Callahan earns a no-hitter
1902: Jimmy “Nixey” Callahan threw a no-hitter for the Sox during the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit. It was the second no-no by an American League pitcher. It happened on Amateur Day, when a procession of 200 young baseball players interrupted the game — with a brass band leading the marchers — during the seventh inning. Postgame, the youngst