Today in Chicago History: Meigs Field shut down overnight by Mayor Richard M. Daley

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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 30, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

  • High temperature: 79 degrees (1998)
  • Low temperature: 12 degrees (1969)
  • Precipitation: 1.84 inches (2017)
  • Snowfall: 7.8 inches (1926)
DePaul’s coach Ray Meyer, left, and Michael Jordan, of North Carolina, right, were named coach and player of the year in college basketball in Seattle by the Associated Press on March 30, 1984. Jordan received the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy, which is sponsored by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky. (Barry Sweet/AP)

1984: DePaul’s coach Ray Meyer and North Carolina’s Michael Jordan were named coach and player of the year in men’s college basketball by the Associated Press.

1992: The Chicago White Sox sent Sammy Sosa and Ken Patterson to the Chicago Cubs for George Bell.

MET MILLENIUM 86463 3/30/98 = Planned Millenium Project announced this morning at the Cultural Center, will improve and enlarge a portion of Grant Park along and above the Metra/South Shore Railroad Tracks east of Michigan Avenue from Randolph St to Monroe Street. = Standing in front of a large artists rendering of the completed park and new bandshell, Mayor Daley talks about the ambitious project. (tribune photo by Carl Wagner) (Richard M. Daley, Chicago, Grannt Park, Lakeshore Millennium Project, Plan, Press Conference) (RMDA) ORG XMIT: 86463
Mayor Richard M. Daley announces the Millennium Project on March 30, 1998, at the Cultural Center in Chicago. The mayor said the project would improve and enlarge a portion of Grant Park. (Carl Wagner/Chicago Tribune)

1998: Mayor Richard M. Daley unveiled plans for the Lakefront Millennium Project.

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2003: Meigs Field was shut down overnight — without notice — by Daley. Crews carved large X’s and ripped up the runway to prevent landings.

2011: Demolition of the last Cabrini-Green high-rise began.

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