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Here\u2019s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 9, according to the Tribune\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n

Is an important event missing from this date? Email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sports front page flashback: Feb. 10, 2024<\/p>\n

\"FormerFormer Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 8, 2024. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

2024: Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael, who was fighting against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS<\/a>), was\u00a0feted by bagpipes<\/a>\u00a0and drums outside his Homer Glen home after his\u00a0election<\/a>\u00a0to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 18, Steve McMichael<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

McMichael, who did not make the trip<\/a> to Canton, Ohio, and fellow Bears great Devin Hester were inducted<\/a> into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 3, 2024.<\/p>\n

From Halas to Hester: The 32 Chicago Bears inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago<\/a>)<\/p>\n

High temperature: 56 degrees (2024)
\nLow temperature: Minus 21 degrees (1899)
\nPrecipitation: 1.56 inches (1876)
\nSnowfall: 12.6 inches (2010)<\/p>\n

1911: The Infant Welfare Society of Chicago was established<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DianneDianne Holum captured the first Olympic gold medal for the United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. The Northbrook speed skater shattered the record in the 1,500-meter race. Anne Henning \u2014 “Queen of the 500” \u2014 won the second gold medal for the U.S. “She not only won, she won it twice, breaking the Olympic mark each time,” the Tribune reported. (Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

1972: Sixteen-year-old Anne Henning of Northbrook won gold<\/a> and set an Olympic record of 43.73 in 500-meter speed skating at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.<\/p>\n

Vintage Chicago Tribune: 4 Illinois athletes who won GOLD at the Winter Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dianne Holum, also of Northbrook, captured the first Olympic gold medal for the United States at that Games. The speed skater shattered the record in the 1,500-meter race.<\/p>\n

Both were treated to a hero\u2019s welcome<\/a> when they returned to Illinois.<\/p>\n

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Our local Winter Olympians of Games past<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"ToppingTopping out ceremonies for the new O’Hare International Tower Hotel on June 14, 1972. (William Kelly\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

1973: The on-site hotel<\/a> opened at O\u2019Hare International Airport in a project that cost $25 million.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hare International Airport: From farm to global terminal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With 10 stories and 979 rooms, the O\u2019Hare International Tower Hotel (now Hilton Chicago O\u2019Hare Airport Hotel) was built to suppress jet noise due to its design of thick floor-to-ceiling windows and thick walls containing acoustical batting and heavy draperies.<\/p>\n

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