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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 26-27, 1967, Chicago was buried under 23 inches of snow — the heaviest snowstorm in the city's history. Wind gusts of 50 ...

The heavy snowfall of the 1967 blizzard turned the landscape white and forced many motorists to leave their cars behind, as happened here on the Oakwood Drive entry to Lake Shore Drive. If you were a ...

Two of Michigan’s most famous blizzards occurred on January 26. You may be more familiar with the second blizzard, which occurred on January 26, 1978. The first huge blizzard to occur on January 26 ...

The Jan. 26 blizzard buried the city under 23 inches of snow in 1967. At Midway International Airport, 53-mph wind gusts were recorded. Snow drifts were as high as 6 feet in some areas. Transportation ...

On Jan. 26-27, 1967, Chicago was buried under 23 inches of snow — the heaviest snowstorm in the city's history. Wind gusts of 50 mph created drifts up to 6 feet high, stranding 20,000 cars and 1,100 ...

A CTA bus, southbound on Michigan Avenue at Walton Street, sits at an acute angle across the street, immobilized on the slippery pavement on Jan. 26, 1967. Nearby, a policeman tries to aid a motorist.

A Midwest blizzard that delivered Chicago's heaviest snowstorm on record was wrapping up on this day in 1967, leaving thousands of motorists stranded. The Blizzard of 1967 dropped 23 inches of snow on ...