Illinois also saw the most snowfall on record in the state during the winter of 1978 to 1979: 105.1 inches. In Indiana, 11 deaths were attributed to the storm. One of those victims was 1-year-old ...

The bitter and intense industrial disputes of the autumn and winter of 1978/9 helped change the course of British politics. The Winter of Discontent, as it became known, saw a wave of crippling ...