Donald Trump became the second US president ever to serve non-consecutive terms on November 5, 2024. Although he lost the 2020 election to Democratic candidate Joe Biden, he made a comeback in 2024 to become the 47th president.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Servic) High temperature: 78 degrees (1974) Low temperature: 14 degrees (1951) Precipitation: 0.

1948: The Tribune was on deadline. In the absence of election results, the newspaper assumed that New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) would sink incumbent Harry S. Truman (Democrat). He didn’t. And the blunder — “Dewey Defeats Truman” — appeared atop a single edition of the Tribune.

Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States on 1860. Within weeks of his taking the top position, South Carolina declared secession from the Union, followed by other southern states.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 29, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Flashback: A time of deprivation and despair: A look back at the Great Depression in pictures and words Weather records (from the National Weather Servic) High temperature: 82 degrees (2024) Low temperature: 19 degrees (1925)

2004: Donald Trump, whose namesake building would be constructed on the site, watched as demolition began on the Chicago Sun-Times building along the Chicago River. Completed in 2009, Trump International Hotel & Tower is the second-tallest building in Chicago.

The Brandywine Alternative Fund will sponsor a war tax resistance clinic to acquaint people with the moral, political and legal ramifications of war tax resistance, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Concord Friends Meeting,

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance House-passed legislation to reopen the government on the day the shutdown tied the longest in history. The 54-44 vote fell short of 60 votes needed under Senate rules to advance the bill that would have provided short-term funding through Nov. 21.