Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 29, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 99 degrees (1953)

Low temperature: 32 degrees (1984)

Precipitation: 1.39 inches (1921)

Snowfall: None

1945: The Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant. They lost the World Series to the Detroit Tigers.

1975: The Illinois Supreme Court voided a new death penalty law , saying the legislature lacked constitutional authority to create the three-judge sentencing panels.

1982: Twelve-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village died after taking an Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule. Seven people died as a result of poison

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