The Year is 1967 ... McComick Place fire destroys the "fireproof" building on January 16. Big Snow hits Chicago on January 27. Thousands of motorists and school children are stranded away from their homes. Snowiest 24 hours on record in Chicago with 18.1 inches Jan. 26-27. Twenty-three inches fall in 29 hours. Tornado outbreak hits northeast Illinois on April 21, killing 58 people. At least three of the tornadoes generate winds over 200 miles per hour. The worst tornado touches down near Palos Hills and tears a path northeast at about 60 mph through Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park and the south side of Chicago. Another powerful tornado strikes Belvidere, Illinois killing eleven Belvidere High School students boarding buses headed for home. McHenry county, Woodstock, Fox Lake, Lake Zurich and Arlington Heights also experience lesser damage from tornadoes. In Arlington Heights a radio tower is toppled and houses are damaged. The sky turns a very dark green as the storm approaches. Apollo I crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. The 500th U.S. plane is shot down over North Vietnam. Thousands of antiwar demonstrators protest in Washington D.C. Worst race riot in U.S. history rages in Detroit, Michigan. Boston Strangler sentenced to life in prison. Thurgood Marshall is the first black justice sworn in to the Supreme Court. Super Bowl I Green Bay Packers 35 Kansas City Chiefs 10 In the Heat of the Night wins an Oscar for Best Picture