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

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Gale Sayers, the Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77: ‘He was poetry in motion. His like will never be seen again.’

Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 95 degrees (2017)

Low temperature: 29 degrees (1995)

Precipitation: 2.09 inches (1961)

Snowfall: None

1881: Dr. Thomas Neill Cream , nicknamed “The Lambeth Poisoner”, was found guilty in the July 14, 1881, strychnine poisoning death of Daniel Stott, of Belvidere. Cream had been having an affair with Stott’s wife, Julia. After his release, Cream moved to London, where he was connected to the poiso

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