Bears earn second Super Bowl trip

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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 21, according to Tribune archives.

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Front page flashback: January 22, 2017

Chicago Women Will Not Be Arrested on January 21, 2017. An estimated quarter of a million protesters poured into downtown, so many that organizers of the Women's March on Chicago told the crowd the event would only be a rally because there was no room to march. But people still marched. (Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Women Will Not Be Arrested on January 21, 2017. An estimated quarter of a million protesters poured into downtown, so many that organizers of the Women’s March on Chicago told the crowd the event would only be a rally because there was no room to march. But people still marched. (Chicago Tribune)

2017: An estimated quarter of a million protesters flooded downtown to draw attention to women’s rights, as well as civil rights, immigration and racial justice. Organizers of the Women’s March on Chicago said the event was planned for the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of several other cities, from New York to Los Angeles and from Paris to Sydney.

Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

High temperature: 62 degrees (1906)
Low temperature: Minus 22 degrees (1984)
Precipitation: 1.49 inches (1916)
Snowfall: 5 inches (1958)

1848: The telegraph reaches Chicago.

Chicago Bears owner George Halas calls the opening game coin toss to determine which team will get the opening kickoff at Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979, in Miami. The Pittsburgh Steelers faced the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys won the coin toss. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) — Chicago Bears owner George Halas handles the drawing for Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979, in Miami. The Pittsburgh Steelers faced the Dallas Cowboys, who won the coin toss. (Phil Sandlin/AP)

1979: Chicago Bears owner and former coach George Halas arrived at Super Bowl XIII at the Orange Bowl in Miami in an antique car where he flipped a 1920 gold coin – the same year the NFL was founded – as part of the game’s ceremonial coin toss. Halas purchased the coin just for the occasion for $317. Halas gave the coin to the loser of the flip, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Today in Chicago History: “McCaskey, you are a bum!” » The coin toss that cost the Chicago Bears Terry Bradshaw.

It was the second time in a decade that the Bears were involved in a fateful coin toss with the Steelers. The last one had a bleak ending for the Bears – they lost the top pick in the draft. The Steelers used him to select quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who led them to four Super Bowls.

Crews separate two commuter trains that crashed Jan. 21, 1985, in Gary, Indiana. Federal safety experts began questioning crews, dispatchers and management officials as part of their investigation into the head-on collision, as rail industry veterans speculated that human error was the likely cause. (John Dziekan/Chicago Tribune) — Crews separate two commuter trains that crashed Jan. 21, 1985, in Gary. Federal safety experts began questioning crews, dispatchers and management officials as part of their investigation into the head-on collision, as rail industry veterans speculated that human error was the likely cause. (John Dziekan/Chicago Tribune)

1985: Two South Shore Line trains collided head-on at low speed in downtown Gary during the morning rush hour, injuring 128 people.

1987: Darby Williams and Perry Cobb became the first two Illinois death row inmates to be exonerated and released from prison after the death penalty was reinstated.

As snow falls at Soldier Field, Urlacher raises the NFC championship trophy above his head following the Bears' 39-14 victory over the Saints. Urlacher had a career-high four pass deflections, interfering with Drew Brees' intermediate passing game and leading the club to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1985. (Jim Prisching/Chicago Tribune) — As snow falls at Soldier Field, Urlacher raises the NFC championship trophy following the Bears’ 39-14 victory over the Saints. Urlacher had a career-high four pass deflections, interfering with Drew Brees’ intermediate passing game and leading the club to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1985. (Jim Prisching/Chicago Tribune)

2007: A 2006-07 NFC Championship Game victory gave the Bears their second trip to the Super Bowl – their first in 21 years – with a 39-14 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

A Japanese macaque, also known as a snow monkey, walks past a heated swimming pool while exploring its naturalistic habitat during a preview of the new Regenstein Macaque Forest exhibit January 21, 2015 at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune) — A Japanese macaque, also known as a snow monkey, walks past a heated swimming pool while exploring its naturalistic habitat during a preview of the new Regenstein Macaque Forest exhibit, January 21, 2015, at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune)

2015: Opening of the Regenstein macaque forest. Lincoln Park Zoo’s first new exhibit building since 2005, the 7,300-square-foot exhibit — just north of the West Gate — was the centerpiece of a $15 million project that included the opening of the Lionel Train Adventure for children and improvements to Eadie Levy’s Landmark Cafe.

The exhibit included eight “snow monkeys” from a Japanese primate research center, an elaborate hillside enclosure with heated rocks and a stream on the site once occupied by the zoo’s penguin and seabird house.

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