Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)
- High temperature: 99 degrees (1918)
- Low temperature: 50 degrees (1994)
- Precipitation: 2.36 inches (2018)
- Snowfall: None
2004: Chicago Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux won his 300th game against the Giants in San Francisco.
2007: Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton faced off against four other potential Democratic presidential candidates in a debate during an AFL-CIO forum at Soldier Field. Obama won the party’s nomination and was elected the first Black American president.
2016: At Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado became just the second player in major league history to hit a home run in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a victory over the Chicago White Sox.
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