Here’s a have a look at what occurred within the Chicago space on Jan. 12, in response to Tribune archives.
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Weather information (from National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 62 levels (2005)
- Low temperature: Minus 14 levels (1918)
- Precipitation: 2.76 inches (1960)
- Snowfall: 7.4 inches (1908)
1961: “Now, in regards to the phrase ‘supervisor,’” Chicago Cubs proprietor Philip Ok. Wrigley stated as he addressed the crew’s annual press luncheon. “I appeared it up and the pure definition is ‘dictator.’(Tribune editors objected to this rationalization.)
With that, Wrigley introduced a plan to have a rotating school of coaches handle the crew. He produced an indication for the assembly that learn: “Whoever stays calm within the midst of all this confusion merely does not perceive the state of affairs.”
The crew completed second to backside within the desk in 1961 and 1962 earlier than the experiment was deserted.
1979: The metropolis was hit by a large blizzard that dumped 20.3 inches of snow. At the time, it was the second largest snowfall within the metropolis’s historical past. Today it’s the fourth largest. It was not solely the worst storm of that winter, the snowfall was additionally a significant component within the metropolis’s subsequent mayoral election.
After surveying the town from a helicopter, Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic ordered city snowplows to clear 250 school and Park District parking lots in order that residents may transfer their vehicles off the streets, however the effort was a failure. Many drivers had been unable to cross double- and triple-parked vehicles on unplowed facet streets. Waste couldn’t be collected for not less than 10 days. The mail was delivered late.
Instead of taking duty for the mishandling of snow removing, Bilandic lashed out, saying police would ticket the automobiles and get them organized to be towed if not faraway from Chicago streets. He additionally stated that “there might be no exceptions” for the sick, the aged or the poor who can not journey by automotive. “If there are instances of hardship, they can tell a judge. That’s what a decide is for,” he advised reporters. Bilandic later apologized for his mishandling of snow removing, however Chicago residents — the voters — weren’t happy.
2000: The resolution of the United States Supreme Court Illinois vs. Wardlow gave police broad authority to cease and query individuals who run on the sight of an officer.
The 5-4 ruling overturned an Illinois Supreme Court resolution that had stood two Chicago officers we had been incorrect to chase and cease William Wardlow when he ran away after seeing them wandering down a avenue on the town’s West Side.
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