Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 29, 1914 – A peculiar encounter took place when Rondo Brady met his wife in company with Tom Mobile in Benton Harbor. All three parties are well known in LaPorte.
March 29, 1964 – Astronaut Emeritus John Glenn, 42, withdraws from the U.S. senatorial race in Ohio on advice from his doctors because of a Feb. 26 fall in his bathroom.
March 29, 1989 – “Rain Man” dominates the 61st annual Academy Awards, winning four Oscars.
March 29, 2004 – Smith Shoes, 614 Lincolnway, will close its doors this summer after being in business for 67 years.