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

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 69 degrees (1905)

Low temperature: Zero degrees (1887)

Precipitation: 1.56 inches (1968)

Snowfall: 3.4 inches (1940)

1895: A Duryea “motocycle” won the first organized automobile race in the United States. The 55-mile route started in Chicago’s Jackson Park — amid snow and slush — and ended in Evanston. Of the seven competitors, only two crossed the finish line. The other five, according to the Tribune, “were lost — wandering aimlessly about the streets of Chicago or lying wrecked in

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