Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 80 degrees (1999)

Low temperature: 19 degrees (1925)

Precipitation: 1.53 inches (1874)

Snowfall: 0.2 inches (1920)

1893: “The World’s Fair Mayor” Carter H. Harrison , was shot and killed at point blank range at his home by Patrick Eugue Prendergast, who was disappointed that he was not named corporation counsel. Prendergast was later hanged for the crime.

Harrison, whose son Carter H. Harrison Jr. served five terms as Chicago mayor, and Anton Cermak are the only Chicago mayors who have been assassinated.

1944: Weeks b

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