Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
April 8, 1914 – The second clue in the Belle Gunness mystery which has been run to earth within a period of about two weeks has turned out to be fruitless.
April 8, 1964 – The United States rockets an unmanned Gemini capsule into orbit in a major step toward a space voyage by two astronauts aboard a similar craft within one year.
April 8, 1989 – The South Shore Railroad files for bankruptcy, but the move will not affect passenger service to about 11,000 daily commuters.
April 8, 2004 – The man who robbed banks in LaPorte and Three Oaks, MI, got caught after robbing a bank in Ohio.
