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Feb 2, 2011 · Late last year, when a major winter storm hit New York City, Gothamites and Chicagoans alike invoked the specter of Michael Bilandic, whose 1979 loss in the Democratic mayoral primary to Jane ...
1979 Chicago blizzard. The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13–14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches (53 cm) of snowfall in the two-day period. [1] Only 2 inches (5.1 cm) to 4 inches (10 cm) of snow was ...
Jan 11, 2024 · The attempt to dig out began at 2 a.m. Jan. 14 when the storm concluded and with more snow expected in the days ahead. ... Jane Byrne and supporters exult in her upset victory against Mayor ...
Jan 5, 2014 · The storm that started Saturday morning was supposed to be minor, just 2 to 4 inches, according to Tribune reports. ... “An avalanche of snow protest votes carried Jane Byrne to the most ...
Jan 14, 2022 · The snow began to fall with a vengeance on the night of Friday, Jan. 12, 1979, and it kept piling up until 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14. Motorists found themselves snowed in, and transportation was ...
Chicago life slowed for two months when Acting Mayor Michael Bilandic responded ineffectively to the fable blizzard of January 1979. We asked Jane Byrne whether she would have won the February ...
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Nov 14, 2014 · I was living at Belmont and Lake Shore the winter of 1979 when even the #151 bus was stuck in a blizzard of 19 inches. ... Jane Byrne died this morning at age 81 while in hospice care close by her ...
