Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Feb. 20, 1914 – Special services will commemorate the founding of St. John’s Lutheran Church in LaPorte 50 years ago.
Feb. 20, 1964 – Armed Cypriots open fire on British soldiers for the first time since the current Cyprus crisis began in December.
Feb. 20, 1989 – Oliver North, self-acknowledged “action officer” of the Iran-Contra affair, goes on trial.
Feb. 20, 2004 — LaPorte County Sheriff Jim Arnold says county crime is down because of more officer visibility.