Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 24, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

High temperature: 97 degrees (1953)
Low temperature: 46 degrees (1986)
Precipitation: 2.31 inches (1950)
Snowfall: None

Maj. G.E. Brower, from left, commander of the first pursuit group at Selfridge Field, who led aerial escort of “Lady Lindy” Amelia Earhart, and husband, George Palmer Putnam, at the Curtiss-Wright airport, Glenview, where the intrepid ocean flyer was acclaimed by thousands, circa June 24, 1932. (Chicago American)

1932: Amelia Earhart landed in Chicago then received a medal for her trans-Atlantic flight in 1931, during a show for the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth.

1953: Jockey Eddie Arcaro became the first American rider to record 3,000 wins after scoring three victories in a day at Arlington Park.

Mia Hamm (on the ground) celebrates her second goal with her teammates on June 24, 1999, at Soldier Field in Chicago. The United States defeated Nigeria 7-1 in the FIFA World Cup match. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune)

1999: Soldier Field began hosting the women’s FIFA World Cup.

The United States defeated China 5-4 on penalty kicks at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to win the tournament.

Jonathan Toews celebrates with the Stanley Cup after the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals on June 24, 2013, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune)

2013: The Chicago Blackhawks topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 6 to win their second Stanley Cup in four years.

Former Ald. Willie Cochran leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on June 24, 2019, after being sentenced. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

2019: Former Ald. Willie Cochran was sentenced to one year in prison in 2019 for using his ward charity fund like his personal piggy bank, including to pay for gambling trips, fancy meals and accessories for his Mercedes.

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Federal prosecutors dropped 14 of the 15 counts against Cochran, including the most serious charges alleging the alderman shook down business owners in exchange for his support on deals in his 20th Ward, after he pleaded guilty.

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