Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 93 degrees (2018)
- Low temperature: 36 degrees (1991)
- Precipitation: 1.33 inches (2001)
- Snowfall: None
Sept. 20, 1902: Chicago White Sox pitcher Nixey Callahan earns a no-hitter
Chicago Tribune Archives
In the first game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers on Sept. 20, 1902, Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy “Nixey” Callahan throws a no-hitter, as written about in this clipping from the Sept. 21, 1902, edition of the Chicago Tribune.
1902: Jimmy “Nixey” Callahan threw a no-hitter for the Sox during the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit. It was the second no-no by an American League pitcher. It happened on Amateur Day, when a procession of 200 young baseball players interrupted the game — with a brass band leading the marchers — during the seventh inning. Postgame, the youngsters presented Charles Comiskey with “a handsome fishing outfit,” the Tribune reported.
White Sox pitchers have thrown more no-hitters than any other American League team.
Jim Londos vs. Ed “Strangler” Lewis in front of an audience of 35,275 at Wrigley Field on Sept. 20, 1934. It was called the match of the century. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)
1934: A crowd of 35,265, believed to be the largest ever to watch a wrestling match in the U.S. at that time, packed Wrigley Field to watch Jim Londos successfully defend his world heavyweight title by winning his one-fall match over Ed “Strangler” Lewis in 49 minutes, 27 seconds.
Lewis had beaten Londos 14 times without a loss in previous matches, but the most recent was 10 years earlier. The crowd included some 10,000 walkups who were caught up in the hype surrounding the match.
John Prine, second from right, performs an encore with Bill Quateman, from left, Bonnie Koloc and Steve Goodman at Ravinia on July 21, 1972. (Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)
1984: Singer Steve Goodman died in a Seattle hospital after a 16-year battle with leukemia. He was 36.
The native Chicagoan and avid Cubs fan wrote “Go Cubs Go” and “City of New Orleans.”
Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Washington, center, is announced as the new archbishop designate for Chicago at a news conference at Archbishop Quigley Center on Sept. 20, 2014. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune)
2014: Blase Cupich, bishop of Spokane, was appointed archbishop of Chicago by Pope Francis. The Nebraska native was chosen to replace the ailing Cardinal Francis George, who had led Chicago’s Catholics since 1997.
Cupich was installed as the ninth archbishop of Chicago on Nov. 18, 2014, and named a cardinal on Oct. 9, 2016.
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