Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
May 13, 1913 – An elegant new counter is ready to be installed at the new Rumely Hotel.
May 13, 1963 — President Kennedy keeps troops near the violence-torn city of Birmingham, Alabama.
May 13, 1988 – Three children die in a North Judson farmhouse fire.
May 13, 2003 – President Bush gives an address at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.