Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 31, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Halloween weather in Chicago: The warmest, coldest, snowiest and wettest since 1871

Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 84 degrees (1950)

Low temperature: 23 degrees (1873)

Precipitation: 2.26 inches (1994)

Snowfall: 3.4 inches (2019)

1895: An earthquake with a 6.8-magnitude was centered in Charleston, Missouri, but felt by Illinoisians. No one was killed and no substantial buildings collapsed.

1911: The cornerstone was laid for Medinah Temple “at the mystic hour of midnight.” It opened the following year.

1936: Coach Bernie Bierman’s Minnesota Golden Goph

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