1 Cover with aluminum foil and bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes. 2  Remove foil and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes; let stand for 10 minutes before cutting; serve.
1995 Chicago heat wave. The 1995 Chicago heat wave was a heat wave which led to 739 heat-related deaths in Chicago over a period of five days. Most of the victims of the heat wave were elderly poor residents of the city, who could not afford air conditioning and did not open windows or sleep outside for fear of crime. The heat wave also heavily impacted the wider Midwestern region, with additional deaths in both St. Louis, Missouri and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In the Tribune on July 24, 1934, the deaths of nine peopleâall from heatâwere listed: Their names, addresses. Most in their 40s and 50s. One woman in her 80s. Officially, the National Weather Service recorded the temperature at 105 on that day in 1934âstill the highest official reading ever. During the killer heat wave of 1995, the official high temperature was 104âalthough it reached 106 elsewhere in the city that day. John Russick, director of curatorial affairs at the Chicago History Museum, says the museum talked with people a few years ago about living through hot summers in the Depression.